I've been trying to read more books about novels, and this is another entry in that genre. Given the time of its publication (1927), the examples are necessarily restricted, but Forster does make some interesting points -- I was particularly struck by what he wrote about the endings of novels, and the overuse of weddings and death as authors look for an "out." I was unable to find the exact edition that I read in Boookwyrm -- I read the Abinger edition of Forster, edited by Oliver Stallybrass, published by Edward Arnold in 1974. This edition has extensive notes and excerpts from Forster's other writings that demonstrate his thinking in preparation of these lectures. Since these were presented as lectures, the writing itself has a nice conversational style that is easy to follow.