The cowardice of the few, however, was entirely concealed and atoned for by the splendid bravery of the many, and considerable numbers of men, who, when drafted, might have been designated as cowards, are leaving the army with a record of brave action in times of great danger.
Frederick Orin Bartlett, the author of Chateau Thierry, was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, in 1876 and was educated in the public schools of that city, in a private school abroad, at Procter Academy, Andover, New Hampshire, and at Harvard. He has been connected with several Boston newspapers and is a well-known writer of short stories.
In Chateau Thierry he has portrayed very clearly a certain type of easy-going, prosperous American,—the American who was aroused to the knowledge of higher ideals and to the exigencies of a world at war by the shock and the thrill that followed upon the active participation of the American forces in the great conflict.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thanks are due to the following authors and publishers for permission to use the selections contained in this book:
Henry Holt and Company and Mrs. Dorothy Canfield (Fisher) for “A Little Kansas Leaven” from Home Fires in France. (Copyright, 1918, by Henry Holt and Company.)
The Outlook Company and Elsie Singmaster Lewars for “The Survivors.” (Copyright, 1915, by The Outlook Company; copyright, 1916, by Elsie Singmaster Lewars.)
Mr. Albert Payson Terhune for “The Wild Cat.” (Copyright, 1918, by The Curtis Publishing Company.)