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A house party : an account of stories told at a gathering of famous American authors

Title
A house party : an account of stories told at a gathering of famous American authors / the story tellers being introduced by Paul Leicester Ford.
Publication
  • Boston : Small, Maynard & Company, 1901.
  • ©1901

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Additional Authors
  • Ford, Paul Leicester, 1865-1902.
  • Bangs, John Kendrick, 1862-1922.
  • Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925.
  • Grant, Robert, 1852-1940.
  • Harrison, Burton, Mrs., 1843-1920.
  • Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909.
  • Roberts, Charles G. D., Sir, 1860-1943.
  • Runkle, Bertha, 1879-1958.
  • Stockton, Frank R., 1834-1902.
  • Stuart, Ruth McEnery, 1856-1917.
  • Thanet, Octave, 1850-1934.
  • Wister, Owen, 1860-1938.
  • Small, Maynard & Company. pbl
  • Riggs Printing & Publishing Co. prt
Description
14 unnumbered pages, 418 pages, 8 unnumbered pages; 20 cm.
Subject
  • Short stories, American
  • Short stories, American
Genre/Form
  • short stories.
  • Short stories
  • Fiction
  • Short stories.
  • Fiction.
  • Nouvelles.
  • Romans.
Note
  • Twelve stories by: John Kendrick Bangs, George W. Cable, Paul Leiceskr Ford, Robert Grant, Mrs. Burton Harrison, Sarah Orne Jewett, Charles G.D. Roberts, Bertha Runkle, Frank R. Shockton, Ruth McEnery Stuart, Octave Thanet, Owen Wister. The collection was presented in the form of a contest, inviting readers to guess the authorship of each story.
  • Contest rules and entry blank on p. [1]-[3] of preliminary pages. The prize was $1000 and entry deadline Dec. 31, 1901. A second contest offer extending the date to May 31, 902 and offering a $500 prize is tipped in at front.
  • "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 author.-Pub. weekly.
  • The conditions of the contest with a "House Party Guessing Coupon" precede the title-page.
Contents
Introduction -- A family tradition -- Artemisia's mirror -- Dawson's dilemma -- A surrender -- Aunt Nancy's annuity -- The messenger -- The green bowl -- The broken story -- Mother -- The fairy godmother's story -- The angel of the Lord -- The red oxen of Bonval.
LCCN
01027444
OCLC
  • ocm02937047
  • 2937047
  • SCSB-8409388
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library