- [ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS]
- [PREFACE]
- [I.] IN SCHOOL DAYS
- [The Right Promethean Fire] George Madden Martin
- [Sketch of George Madden Martin]
- [II.] JUST KIDS
- [The Land of Heart's Desire] Myra Kelly
- [Sketch of Myra Kelly]
- [III.] HERO WORSHIP
- [The Tenor] H. C. Bunner
- [Sketch of H. C. Bunner]
- [IV.] SOCIETY IN OUR TOWN
- [The Passing of Priscilla Winthrop] William Allen White
- [Sketch of William Allen White]
- [V.] A PAIR OF LOVERS
- [The Gift of the Magi] O. Henry
- [Sketch of O. Henry]
- [VI.] IN POLITICS
- [The Gold Brick] Brand Whitlock
- [Sketch of Brand Whitlock]
- [VII.] THE TRAVELING SALESMAN
- [His Mother's Son] Edna Ferber
- [Sketch of Edna Ferber]
- [VIII.] AFTER THE BIG STORE CLOSES
- [Bitter-Sweet] Fannie Hurst
- [Sketch of Fannie Hurst]
- [IX.] IN THE LUMBER COUNTRY
- [The Riverman] Stewart E. White
- [Sketch of Stewart E. White]
- [X.] NEW ENGLAND GRANITE
- [Flint and Fire] Dorothy Canfield
- [How "Flint and Fire" Started and Grew] Dorothy Canfield
- [Sketch of Dorothy Canfield]
- [XI.] DUSKY AMERICANS
- [The Ordeal at Mt. Hope] Paul Laurence Dunbar
- [Sketch of Paul Laurence Dunbar]
- [XII.] WITH THE POLICE
- [Israel Drake] Katherine Mayo
- [Sketch of Katherine Mayo]
- [XIII.] IN THE PHILIPPINES
- [The Struggles and Triumph of Isidro de los Maestros] James M. Hopper
- [Sketch of James M. Hopper]
- [XIV.] THEY WHO BRING DREAMS TO AMERICA
- [The Citizen] James F. Dwyer
- [Sketch of James F. Dwyer]
- [XV.] List of American Short Stories
- Classified by locality
- [XVI.] Notes and Questions for Study
IN SCHOOL DAYS
Are any days more rich in experiences than school days? The day one first enters school, whether it is the little red schoolhouse or the big brick building that holds a thousand pupils,—that day marks the beginning of a new life. One of the best records in fiction of the world of the school room is called Emmy Lou. In this book George Madden Martin has traced the progress of a winsome little maid from the first grade to the end of high school. This is the story of the first days in the strange new world of the school room.