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.)
P. F. Collier and Son and James Francis Dwyer for "The Citizen."
(Copyright, 1915, by P. F. Collier and Son; copyright, 1916, by
James Francis Dwyer.)
The Four Seas Publishing Company and Grace Coolidge for "The Indian
of the Reservation." (Copyright, 1917, by The Four Seas Company.)
_The Youth's Companion_ and Arthur Stanwood Pier for "A Night
Attack." (Copyright, 1918, by _The Youth's Companion_.)
The Curtis Publishing Company and Mary Brecht Pulver for "The Path
of Glory." (Copyright, 1917, by The Curtis Publishing Company;
copyright, 1918, by Mary Brecht Pulver.)
To _The Youth's Companion_ and Fisher Ames, Jr., for "Sergt. Warren
Comes Back from France." (Copyright, 1918, by _The Youth's
Companion_.
G. P. Putnam's Sons and Arthur Guy Empey for "The Coward" from _Over
the Top_. (Copyright, 1917, by G. P. Putnam's Sons.)
Mr. Frederick Orin Bartlett for "Chateau Thierry." (Copyright, 1918,
by The Curtis Publishing Company.)
Grateful acknowledgment is made also to Miss Alice M. Jordan of the
Boston Public Library, and Miss Gladys M. Bigelow of the Newton
Technical High School Library for suggestions and help.