A Mysterious Person
The New Girl at School
The Schoolmaster's Romance
A Sudden Departure
A Camp Scene
The G.A.R. on Memorial Day
The Militia in our Town
An Old Soldier
A Story of the Civil War
Some Relics of the Civil War
Watching the Cadets Drill
My Uncle's Experiences in the War
A Sham Battle
A Visit to an Old Battlefield
On Picket Duty
A Daughter of the Confederacy
"Stonewall" Jackson
Modern Ways of Preventing War
The Soldiers' Home
An Escape from a Military Prison
The Women's Relief Corps
Women in the Civil War
SUGGESTIONS FOR WRITING
An Old Soldier:—Tell how you happen to know this old soldier. Where does he live? Do you see him often? What is he doing when you see him? Describe him as vividly as you can:—his general appearance; his clothes; his way of walking. Speak particularly of his face and its expression. If possible, let us hear him talk. Perhaps you can tell some of his war stories—in his own words.
A Mysterious Person:—Imagine a mysterious person appearing in a little town where everybody knows everybody else. Tell how he (or she) arrives. How does he look? What does he do? Explain clearly why he is particularly hard to account for. What do people say about him? Try to make each person's remarks fit his individual character. How do people try to find out about the stranger? Does he notice their curiosity? Do they ask him questions? If so, give some bits of their conversations with him. You might go on and make a story of some length out of this. Show whether the stranger really has any reason for concealing his identity. Does he get into any trouble? Does an accident reveal who he is and why he is in the town? Does some one find out by spying upon him? Or does he tell all about himself, when the right time comes?
Perhaps you can put the story into the form of a series of brief conversations about the stranger or with him.
An Incident of the Civil War:—Select some historical incident, or one that you have heard from an old soldier, and tell it simply and vividly in your own words.
COLLATERAL READINGS
| The Story of a Bad Boy | Thomas Bailey Aldrich |
| Marjorie Daw and Other People | " " " |
| The Stillwater Tragedy | " " " |
| Prudence Palfrey | " " " |
| From Ponkapog to Pesth | " " " |
| The Queen of Sheba | " " " |
| A Sea Turn and Other Matters | " " " |
| For Bravery on the Field of Battle | |
| (in Two Bites at a Cherry) | " " " |
| The Return of a Private | |
| (in Main-Travelled Roads) | Hamlin Garland |
| On the Eve of the Fourth | Harold Frederic |
| Marse Chan | Thomas Nelson Page |
| Meh Lady | " " " |
| The Burial of the Guns | " " " |
| Red Rock | " " " |
| The Long Roll | Mary Johnston |
| Cease Firing | " " |
| The Crisis | Winston Churchill |
| Where the Battle was Fought | Mary N. Murfree |
| The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come | John Fox, Jr. |
| Hospital Sketches | Louisa M. Alcott |
| A Blockaded Family | P.A. Hague |
| He Knew Lincoln[2] | Ida Tarbell |
| The Perfect Tribute[3] | M.R.S. Andrews |
| The Toy Shop[4] | M.S. Gerry |
| Thomas Bailey Aldrich | Ferris Greenslet |
| Park Street Papers, pp. 143-70 | Bliss Perry |
| American Writers of To-day, pp. 104-23 | H.C. Vedder |
| American Authors and their Homes, pp. 89-98 | F.W. Halsey |
| American Authors at Home, pp. 3-16 | J.L. and J.B. Gilder |
| Literary Pilgrimages in New England, pp. 89-97 | E.M. Bacon |
| Thomas Bailey Aldrich (poem) | Henry van Dyke |
For biographies and criticisms of Thomas B. Aldrich, see also: Outlook, 86:922, August 24, 1907; 84:735, November 24, 1906; 85:737, March 30, 1907. Bookman, 24:317, December, 1906 (Portrait); also 25:218 (Portrait). Current Literature, 42:49, January, 1907 (Portrait). Chautauquan, 65:168, January, 1912.