London
CONSTABLE & CO. Limited
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
1913
COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY MEREDITH NICHOLSON
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
To
George Edward Woodberry
Guide, Counselor
And the most inspiring of Friends
This Volume is Dedicated
With grateful and affectionate
Regard
Indianapolis, September 1912.
Contents
| The Provincial American | [ 1] |
| Edward Eggleston | [ 33] |
| A Provincial Capital | [ 55] |
| Experience and the Calendar | [ 89] |
| Should Smith go to Church? | [ 115] |
| The Tired Business Man | [ 159] |
| The Spirit of Mischief: A Dialogue | [ 187] |
| Confessions of a “Best-Seller” | [ 205] |
These papers, with one exception, have appeared in the Atlantic Monthly. A part of “Experience and the Calendar,” under another title, was published in the Reader Magazine.
The Provincial American
And Other Papers
The Provincial American
Viola. What country, friends, is this?