Howells, W.D. Great Modern American Stories. Boni & Liveright, 1920. (Does not include much recent work.) Laselle, Mary Augusta. Short Stories of the New America. Holt, 1919. Law, F.H. Modern Short Stories. Century, 1918. O'Brien, Edward J.H. Best short stories for 1915, 1916, etc. Published annually. Small, Maynard. Thomas, Charles Swain. Atlantic Narratives. Atlantic, 1918. Wick, Jean. The Stories Editors Buy and Why. Small, Maynard, 1921. Williams, Blanche Colton. Our Short Story Writers. Moffat, Yard, 1920. COLLECTIONS OF ESSAYS Kilmer, Joyce. Literature in the Making. Harper, 1917. Morley, Christopher, Modern Essays. Harcourt, Brace, 1921. Tanner, W.M. Essays and Essay-Writing. Atlantic, 1917. Thomas, Charles Swain. Atlantic Classics, First and Second Series. Atlantic, 1918. BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF SHORT PLAYS Boston Public Library. One-Act Plays in English. 1900-20. Brown University Library. Plays of Today. 1921. (100 of the best modern dramas.) Chicago Public Library. Actable One-Act Plays. 1916. University of Utah. The One-Act Play in Colleges and High Schools. 1920. Worcester, Massachusetts, Free Public Library. Selected List of One-Act Plays. 1921. Boynton, Percy H. History of American Literature. 1919. Cheney, Sheldon. The Art Theatre. 1917. (Appendix.) Clapp, John Mantel. Plays for Amateurs. 1915. (Drama League of America.) Clark, Barrett H. How to Produce Amateur Plays. 1917. Dickinson, Thomas H. The Insurgent Theatre. 1917. (Appendix.) Drummond, A.M. Fifty One-Act Plays. 1915. (Quarterly Journal of Public Speaking, I, 234.) ---- ---- One-Act Plays for Schools and Colleges. 1918. (Education, IV, 372.) Johnson, Gertrude Elizabeth. Choosing a Play. Century, 1920. Lewis, B. Roland. Contemporary One-Act Plays. 1922. Mackay, Constance D'Arcy, The Little Theatre in the United States. 1917. Appendix. Mayorga, Margaret Gardner, Representative One-Act Plays by American Authors. 1919. Plays for Amateurs; a Selected List Prepared by the Little Theatre Department of the New York Drama League. Wilson, 1921. Riley, Alice C.D. The One-Act Play Study Course. 1918. (Drama League Monthly, Feb.-Apr.) Shay, Frank, Plays and Books of the Little Theatre, 1921. Shay, Frank, and Loving, P. Fifty Contemporary One-act Plays, 1920. Stratton, Clarence, Producing in Little Theatres, 1921. (Appendix lists 200 plays for amateurs.) OF SHORT STORIES Hannigan, F.J. Standard Index to Short Stories, 1900-1914. 1918. O'Brien, E.J.H. Best Short Stories for 1915, 1916, etc. (Published annually.) CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN LITERATURE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF AUTHORS +Franklin Pierce Adams+--(Illinois, 1881)--humorous poet, "columnist." Editor of "The Conning Tower" in the _New York World_. For bibliography, cf. _Who's Who in America_. +Henry (Brooks) Adams+--man of letters.