[Illustration] THE STURDY OAK

A composite Novel of American Politics by fourteen American authors:

SAMUEL MERWIN
HARRY LEON WILSON
FANNIE HURST
DOROTHY CANFIELD
KATHLEEN NORRIS
HENRY KITCHELL WEBSTER
ANNE O'HAGAN
MARY HEATON VORSE
ALICE DUER MILLER
ETHEL WATTS MUMFORD
MARJORIE BENTON COOKE
WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE
MARY AUSTIN
LEROY SCOTT


THEME BY MARY AUSTIN

The chapters collected and (very cautiously) edited by ELIZABETH JORDAN

Illustrations by HENRY RALEIGH

NEW YORK HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY 1917 [Blank-copyright info] PREFACE

At a certain committee meeting held in the spring of 1916, it was agreed
that fourteen leading American authors, known to be extremely generous as