she could teach out of books written by others,
why not out of books of her own? Then followed
poems, short stories, biography, textbooks,
the editing of Crane Classics, ``One
Hundred Kansas Women'' and miscellanies.

In 1902, ``Cuddy and Other Folks'' was
written and in 1903, ``The Cottonwood's Story.''

This same year, ``The Overflowing Waters,''
the story of the 1903 flood, and one of her best
bits of heart writing paid for the school books
of almost a thousand unfortunate children.
``Cuddy's Baby'' appeared in 1908, followed the
next year with ``In Old Quivera,'' a thread of
Coronado history. ``The Price of The Prairies,''
three weeks after publication in the fall
of 1910, became Kansas' best seller. ``The
Peace of The Solomon Valley'' came out in 1911
and proved a popular gift book. ``The Wall of
Men,'' Mrs. McCarter's 1912 offering should
be one of the required books in Kansas schools.
It is authentic history and the close of the story
leaves every Kansan with a greater respect and
love for the state and the heroic pioneers who
stood as a living wall between Kansas and the
slave question. 1913 gave us the ``Master's
Degree,'' considered by many her best work.
This year we have ``Winning The Wilderness.''