MARY APPLEWHITE BACON
"HIS SISTER"

ELEANOR A. HALLOWELL
"THE PERFECT YEAR"

WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS
"EDITHA"

OCTAVE THANET
"THE STOUT MISS HOPKINS'S BICYCLE"

MARY M. MEARS
"THE MARRYING OF ESTHER"

JULIAN RALPH
"CORDELIA'S NIGHT OF ROMANCE"

E. A. ALEXANDER
"THE PRIZE-FUND BENEFICIARY"





Introduction


It is many years now since the American Girl began to engage the