THE
BEST SHORT STORIES
OF 1917
AND THE
YEARBOOK OF THE AMERICAN SHORT STORY
EDITED BY
EDWARD J. O'BRIEN
EDITOR OF "THE BEST SHORT STORIES OF 1915,"
"THE BEST SHORT STORIES OF 1916," ETC.
BOSTON
SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1918, by The Boston Transcript Company
Copyright, 1917, by The Pictorial Review Company, The Century Company,Charles Scribner's Sons, The Curtis Publishing Company, Harper &Brothers, The Metropolitan Magazine Company, The Atlantic MonthlyCompany, The Crowell Publishing Company, The International MagazineCompany, The Pagan Publishing Company, The Stratford Journal, and TheBoston Transcript Company
Copyright, 1918, by Edwina Stanton Babcock, Thomas Beer, MaxwellStruthers Burt, Francis Buzzell, Irvin S. Cobb, Charles Caldwell Dobie,H. G. Dwight, Edna Ferber, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Susan GlaspellCook, Frederick Stuart Greene, Richard Matthews Hallet, Fannie Hurst,Fanny Kemble Costello, Burton Kline, Vincent O'Sullivan, Lawrence Perry,Mary Brecht Pulver, Wilbur Daniel Steele, and Mary Synon
Copyright, 1918, by Edward J. O'Brien
Copyright, 1918, by Small, Maynard & Company, Inc.
| Fourth printing, January, 1919 Fifth printing, September, 1919 Sixth printing, August, 1920 Seventh printing, August, 1921 |
TO
WILBUR DANIEL STEELE
BY WAY OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Grateful acknowledgment for permission to include the stories and othermaterial in this volume is made to the following authors, editors,publishers, and copyright holders:
To The Pictorial Review Company and Miss Edwina Stanton Babcock forpermission to reprint "The Excursion," first published in ThePictorial Review; to The Century Company and Mr. Thomas Beer forpermission to reprint "Onnie," first published in The CenturyMagazine; to Charles Scribner's Sons and Mr. Maxwell StruthersBurt for permission to reprint "A Cup of Tea," first published inScribner's Magazine; to The Pictorial Review Company and Mr.Francis Buzzell for permission to reprint "Lonely Places," firstpublished in The Pictorial Review; to The Curtis PublishingCompany and Mr. Irvin S. Cobb for permission to reprint "Boys WillBe Boys," first published in The Saturday Evening Post; to Harperand Brothers and Mr. Charles Caldwell Dobie for permission toreprint "Laughter," first published in Harper's Magazine; to TheCentury Company and Mr. H. G. Dwight for permission to reprint "TheEmperor of Elam," first published in The Century Magazine; to TheMetropolitan Magazine Company and Miss Edna Ferber for permissionto reprint "The Gay Old Dog," first published in The MetropolitanMagazine; to The Atlantic Monthly Company and Mrs. KatharineFullerton Gerould for permission to reprint "The Knight's Move,"first published in The Atlantic Monthly; to The CrowellPublishing Company, the editor of Every Week, and Mrs. GeorgeCram Cook for permission to reprint "A Jury of Her Peers," by SusanGlaspell, first published in Every Week and The AssociatedSunday Magazines; to The Century Company and Captain FrederickStuart Greene for permission to reprint "The Bunker Mouse," firstpublished in The Century Magazine; to Mr. Paul R. Re