张恨水先生在《我和长篇连载》一文(刊《新闻业务》1962年第五期)中,谈到了报纸连载小说的历史,说:“报纸长篇连载小说这种形式,早在民国初年就出现了”。又说:“第—个在报上写长篇连载的是陈愼言,……后来我也开始写起来”。这两段话和事实是有出入的。以我所知,报纸长篇连载小说这种形式,并不自民初始,民国以后才开始执笔的陈慎言(注),也并不是给报纸写长篇连载的第一人。这种形式和这方面的作家,至少在上一个世纪就已经出现了。 In his article entitled “The Serialization of Me and the Long Run,” “Journalism Business”, Issue 5, 1962, Mr. Zhang Henshui talked about the history of serialized novels in newspapers. He said: “This form of serialized novels of newspapers appeared as early as the early Republican China Up. ” Added: “The first one is a long series of articles written in the newspaper is Chen Yan, ... ... Later, I also began to write.” These two passages differ from the facts. As far as I know, Chen Shenyan (Note), a newspaper serialized novels, is not self-initiated. It was not the first person to write a long series of articles in newspapers. This form and the writer in this field have appeared at least in the last century.