25 MARCH 1882, page 12

Moral Purpose In Fiction.

W E have recently brought against Literature the accusa- tion of being, in one important respect—its picture of the relative importance of Youth and Age—an unscrupulous libel ;......

"crazes."

A RE not the cultivated classes a little unjust, and even foolish, in their ridicule of popular " crazes ?" Many crazes are silly, some are injurious, and a few are wicked; but......