关键词: 改良小说社, 晚清小说, 出版

Abstract: The Improved Novel Press was founded in 1908, the last year of Emperor Guangxu’s reign. It published about a hundred of books of novels. This volume was merely smaller than that of the Commercial Press and Novel Forest Press in the history of novels in the late Qing Dynasty. Among its published novels, 80% are original works. No other publishing house of its contemporary had issued so many original novels. Due to the difficulty in collecting and obtaining documents, the Improved Novel Press has been rarely mentioned in the academic circle for many years. Therefore, it is necessary to collect related materials completely in order to make a systemic examination of the rising, development and decline of the Improved Novel Press and the features of its published novels.