Six of One by Half a Dozen of the Other: An Every Day (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Six of One by Half a Dozen of the Other: An Every Day

The history of this composition is precisely told in the November number of Old and New, in which it was first announced to the public.

"What is this," said Anna Haliburton, "about a new serial in Old and New? 'Six of One by Half a Dozen of the Other,' - is that the name?"

The Editor of Old and New was not present; but Colonel Ingham answered for him, as, at a pinch, he does sometimes.

"What you saw was one of the unconscious prophecies which give the world a hint of its best blessings in advance."

"Would it please you, dear padre, to abandon the method of the pulpit for a moment, and, in somewhat clearer language, to tell us what our chief does intend, in an enterprise in which he has not enlisted our endeavors?"

"He has not enlisted you," said Ingham, "because, as it is, the Editor has enlisted our five best home story-writers, - Mr. McDonald being, alas! too far away, to unite their forces, - and it being, alas! evident that even in our seventeen hundred annual pages we cannot print a whole novel by each of them, and at the same time take care of all the world of literature, art, and religion beside."

"Once more," said Felix Carter again, "will you please to abandon the method of the bar, and state explicitly what the chief proposes?"

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