The following stories of this collection have been previously published:
“Old Tantrybogus” and “One Crowded Hour,” in _The Saturday Evening
Post_; “They Grind Exceeding Small,” in _The Saturday Evening Post_ and
_Current Opinion_, and in one of the O. Henry Memorial Volumes; “Mine
Enemy’s Dog,” “Not a Drum was Heard,” “Success” (under the title of “So
My Luck Began”) and “Sheener,” in _Collier’s Weekly_; “His Honor,” “The
Coward” and “The Man Who Looked Like Edison,” in _Cosmopolitan
Magazine_; “Jeshurun Waxed Fat,” in _The Century Magazine_; “The Field
of Honor,” in _The American Magazine;_ “Thrifty Stock,” in _McCall’s
Magazine_; and “The Right Whale’s Flukes,” in _The Bellman_. To the
editors of these magazines the author makes the customary
acknowledgement.