All her work has been in the form of the short story. Her first book, _Just Around the Corner_, published in 1914, is a collection of stories dealing with the life of working girls in a city. _Every Soul Hath Its Song_ is a similar collection; the title suggests the author's outlook upon life. Some one has said that in looking at a puddle of water, you may see either the mud at the bottom or the sky reflected on its surface. Miss Hurst sees the reflection of the sky. The _Boston Transcript_ said of this book: "Here at last is a story writer who is bent on listening to the voices of America and interpreting them." _Gaslight Sonatas_, from which "Bitter-Sweet" is taken, showed an advance over her earlier work. Two of the stories from this volume were selected by Mr. O'Brien for his volume, _Best Short Stories_, for 1916 and 1917. _Humoresque_, her latest work, continues her studies of city types, drawn from New York and St. Louis. The stories show her insight into character and her graphic descriptive power. Miss Hurst is also the author of two plays, _The Land of the Free_ and _The Good Provider_. IN THE LUMBER COUNTRY _The men of the woods are not as the men of the cities. The great open spaces where men battle with the primeval forest set their mark upon their inhabitants, not only in physique but in character. The lumberman,--rough, frank, independent, humorous, equally ready for a fight or a frolic, has been portrayed at full length by Stewart Edward White in_ THE BLAZED TRAIL _and_ THE RIVERMAN. _In the following sketch, taken from his_ BLAZED TRAIL STORIES, _he shows the lumberman at work and at play._ THE RIVERMAN BY STEWART EDWARD WHITE