The Coming Epidemic.—The threatening avalanche of war fiction is thus foreshadowed by the Tribune of this city:—
"Hobson is said to be writing a novel, and that brings to mind the flood of literature that will be turned loose on the country as soon as the volunteer army lays down the sword. Fully fifty per cent. seem desirous of seeing in print their own particular accounts of the exploits of their regiments, and the result will be magazine stories and novels galore. The deeds of the Rough Riders, for instance, will be enough to furnish romantic literature to the small boy for many years to come." It is by such means that the war spirit will be kept up in the United States, and the rising generation will be taught that the most glorious calling is military or naval service. And the worst part of it is, they are being taught that it is a Christian calling.