Copyright, 1904, By The Red Book Corporation.
Reading edition
Copyright, 1905, By The Century Company.
Copyright, 1905, By The Bobbs Merrill Company.
Copyright, 1906, By Little, Brown, and Company.
All rights reserved Published June, 1906 THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.
"It's a brand-new one, fer the price-tag's still hangin' on the back."
PREFATORY NOTE
"Mrs. Lathrop's Love Affair" appeared in "The Century Magazine" in 1905. "The Wolf at Susan's Door" was published in "The Reader's Magazine" in the early part of the present year, and "Old Man Ely's Proposal" is printed for the first time in this volume. The original version of "A Very Superior Man" appeared in "The Red Book."
CONTENTS
MRS. LATHROP'S LOVE AFFAIR Part First. The Deacon's Dilemma Part Second. The Automobile OLD MAN ELY'S PROPOSAL THE WOLF AT SUSAN'S DOOR Part First. Miss Clegg's Speculations Part Second. Gran'ma Mullins's Woe Part Third. Lucy Dill's Wedding Part Fourth. Mr. Jilkins's Hat A VERY SUPERIOR MAN Other books by Anne Warner