Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The
Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of
Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918),
two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio
Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,”
copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904),
and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905;
“The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The
Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright,
1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short
Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset
Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).
It may be added that the names of three of these stories are not
the ones first copyrighted and that at least two of them have been
completely recast, while not one of them has been left untouched in its
earliest state. The writer nevertheless takes this occasion to express
to the editors and publishers of the above periodicals, as well as to
Mr. W. J. O’Brien and to Messrs. Small, Maynard and Company--who made
use of “The Emperor of Elam” in _The Best Short Stories of 1917_--his
thanks both for their former hospitality and for their present courtesy
in permitting him to reassemble his work. Nor would this small payment
of indebtedness be complete without mention of Colonel J. R. M.
Taylor, who wrote the first draft of “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” and
who generously allows it to be reprinted over the signature of his
collaborator.