MOST of the tales in this little book have been printed before."A Mountain Woman"appeared in Harper's Weekly,as did "The Three Johns"and "A Resuscitation.""Jim Lancy's Waterloo"was printed in the Cosmo-politan,"A Michigan Man"in Lippincott's,and "Up the Gulch"in Two Tales.The courtesy of these periodicals in permitting the stories to be republished is cordially acknowledged.

E.W.P.