The best short stories of 1918, and the yearbook of the American short story
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The best short stories of 1918, and the yearbook of the American short story
American fiction -- 20th century; Short stories -- 20th century -- Bibliography; Short stories -- 20th century -- Indexes; Short stories, American
*CABELL, JAMES BRANCH.* Born in Richmond, Va., April 14, 1879. Educated
at McGuire’s School in Richmond, and graduated from College of William
and Mary, 1898. Professions in order: school teacher, proof reader,
newspaper reporter, and coal miner: at present, genealogist and writer.
First published stories: “Love Letters of Falstaff,” Harper’s Monthly,
March, 1902; and “As Played Before His Highness” (republished as “The
Ducal Audience”), Smart Set, 1902. Author of the following volumes:
(novels) “The Eagle’s Shadow,” 1904; “The Cords of Vanity,” 1909; “The
Soul of Melicent,” 1913; “The Rivet in Grandfather’s Neck,” 1915; “The
Cream of the Jest,” 1917; (tales) “The Line of Love,” 1905; “Gallantry,”
1907; “Chivalry,” 1909; “The Certain Hour,” 1916; (essays) “Beyond
Life,” 1918; (verse) “From the Hidden Way,” 1916; (genealogy)
“Branchiana,” 1906; “Branch of Abingdon,” 1911; “The Majors and Their
Marriages,” 1915. Lives at Dumbarton Grange, Dumbarton, Va.
*Some Ladies and Jurgen.
(23) *CANFIELD, DOROTHY (MRS. JOHN R. FISHER).* Born at Lawrence, Kans.,
Feb. 17, 1879. Graduate of Ohio State University and Columbia
University. Secretary Horace Mann School, 1902-05. Married, 1907. Has
traveled widely in Europe. Now assisting Miss Winifred Holt in War
Relief Work at Paris. Author of “Corneille and Racine in England,” 1904;
(with G. R. Carpenter) “English Rhetoric and Composition,” 1906; “What
Shall We Do Now?” 1906; “Gunhild,” 1907; “The Squirrel-Cage,” 1912; “The
Montessori Mother,” 1913; “Mothers and Children,” 1914; “Hillsboro
People,” 1915; “The Bent Twig,” 1915; “The Real Motive,” 1916; (with
Sarah Cleghorn) “Fellow Captains,” 1916; “Understood Betsy,” 1917; “Home
Fires In France,” 1918. Lives at Arlington, Vt.
Little Kansas Leaven.
On the Edge.
Pharmacienne.
*CARVER, GEORGE.*
In a Moment of Time.
(234) *COBB, IRVIN S.* (_for biography, see 1917_).
*Gallowsmith.
(4) *CRABBE, BERTHA HELEN* (_for biography, see 1917_).
Wild-Wing.
*DICKINSON, ROY.* Born at Newark, N. J., March 14, 1888. Educated at
Newark Academy and Princeton University, graduating in 1909. Profession,
advertising and manufacturing. Five years with Cosmopolitan Magazine.
Chief interests, labor psychology and the other fellow’s viewpoint.
First story published, “Playing Hookey,” Delineator, November, 1916. Now
Captain in the Ordnance Department at Washington. Engaged in work for
stimulating industry in ordnance plants.
Some of Our Folks, and War.
(4) *DOBIE, CHARLES CALDWELL.* (_for biography, see 1917_).
*Open Window.
(134) *DWIGHT, H. G.* (_for biography, see 1917_) _and_ *TAYLOR, JOHN.*
*Emerald of Tamerlane.
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