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A house party : an account of stories told at a gathering of famous American authors, the story tellers being introduced by Paul Leicester Ford.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection AC85 C5915 A901h
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Short stories, American.
- Genre:
- Short stories, American.
- Short stories.
- Penn Provenance:
- Birdwhistell, Robert Nevins, family of (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 4 preliminary leaves, 418 pages ; 19 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Small, Maynard & company, 1901.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- A family tradition / [by P.L. Ford]
- Artemisia's mirror / [by Bertha Runkle]
- Dawson's dilemma / [by J.K. Bangs]
- A surrender / [by R. Grant]
- Aunt Nancy's annuity / [by F.R. Stockton]
- The messenger [by Octave Thanet, pseud.]
- The green bowl / [by Sarah O. Jewett]
- The broken story / [by Ruth M. Stuart]
- Mother / [by Owen Wister]
- The fairy godmother's story / [by Mrs. Burton Harrison]
- The angel of the Lord / [by G.W. Cable]
- The red oxen of Bonval / [by C.G.D. Roberts]
- Notes:
- "A dozen short stories by, well-known authors, published anonymously. The publishers offer a prize to the successful guesser of the highest number of names of the true authors."--Published weekly.
- The conditions of the contest with a "House party guessing coupon" precede the title-page.
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy lacks coupon for "House party guessing contest".
- OCLC:
- 2937047
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