A MOTHER IN MANNVILLE＆by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings 1
WITHOUT WORDS＆by Elliott Merrick 9
SIXTEEN＆by Maureen Daly 19
SPLIT CHERRY TREE＆by Jesse Stuart 24
AFTER THE BALL＆by Sally Benson 35
EIGHT-OARED CREW＆by Harry Sylvester 46
A START IN LIFE＆by Ruth Suckow 56
A STUCENT IN ECONOMICS＆by George Milburn 70
ROMANCE＆by William Saroyan 85
CLOTHE THE NAKED＆by Dorothy Parker 90
THE HEYDAY OF THE BLOOD＆by Dorothy Canfield Fisher 98
ROPE＆by Katherine Anne Porter 107
A TOOTH FOR PAUL REVERE＆by Stephen Vincent Benét 114
FUMBLE＆by Katharine Brush 129
PRELUDE＆by Albert Halper 146
ONE WITH SHAKESPEARE＆by Martha Foley 157
THE CHRYSANTHEMUMS＆by John Steinbeck 164
YOUNG MAN AXELROD＆by Sinclair Lewis 175
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM SODA＆by Irwin Shaw 188
I CAN＇T BREATHE＆by Ring Lardner 199
ABOUT THE AUTHORS 211