Chapter I

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

higher than, or over, something

From this reading The writer nevertheless takes this occasion to express to the editors and publishers of the above periodicals, as well as to Mr. W. J. O’Brien and to Messrs. Small, Maynard and Company--who made use of “The Emperor of Elam” in _The Best Short Stories of 1917_--his thanks both for their former hospitality and for their present courtesy in permitting him to reassemble his work.

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

a person who helps another person commit a crime

From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading It may be added that the names of three of these stories are not the ones first copyrighted and that at least two of them have been completely recast, while not one of them has been left untouched in its earliest state.

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From this reading WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF HIS OBLIGED AND ADMIRING FRIEND THE AUTHOR.

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading It may be added that the names of three of these stories are not the ones first copyrighted and that at least two of them have been completely recast, while not one of them has been left untouched in its earliest state.

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading The writer nevertheless takes this occasion to express to the editors and publishers of the above periodicals, as well as to Mr. W. J. O’Brien and to Messrs. Small, Maynard and Company--who made use of “The Emperor of Elam” in _The Best Short Stories of 1917_--his thanks both for their former hospitality and for their present courtesy in permitting him to reassemble his work.

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF HIS OBLIGED AND ADMIRING FRIEND THE AUTHOR.

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

the past participle of “be”

From this reading It may be added that the names of three of these stories are not the ones first copyrighted and that at least two of them have been completely recast, while not one of them has been left untouched in its earliest state.

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From this reading The writer nevertheless takes this occasion to express to the editors and publishers of the above periodicals, as well as to Mr. W. J. O’Brien and to Messrs. Small, Maynard and Company--who made use of “The Emperor of Elam” in _The Best Short Stories of 1917_--his thanks both for their former hospitality and for their present courtesy in permitting him to reassemble his work.

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

the two together, not just one

From this reading The writer nevertheless takes this occasion to express to the editors and publishers of the above periodicals, as well as to Mr. W. J. O’Brien and to Messrs. Small, Maynard and Company--who made use of “The Emperor of Elam” in _The Best Short Stories of 1917_--his thanks both for their former hospitality and for their present courtesy in permitting him to reassemble his work.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading The writer nevertheless takes this occasion to express to the editors and publishers of the above periodicals, as well as to Mr. W. J. O’Brien and to Messrs. Small, Maynard and Company--who made use of “The Emperor of Elam” in _The Best Short Stories of 1917_--his thanks both for their former hospitality and for their present courtesy in permitting him to reassemble his work.

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From this reading It may be added that the names of three of these stories are not the ones first copyrighted and that at least two of them have been completely recast, while not one of them has been left untouched in its earliest state.

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From this reading WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF HIS OBLIGED AND ADMIRING FRIEND THE AUTHOR.

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading It may be added that the names of three of these stories are not the ones first copyrighted and that at least two of them have been completely recast, while not one of them has been left untouched in its earliest state.

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading The writer nevertheless takes this occasion to express to the editors and publishers of the above periodicals, as well as to Mr. W. J. O’Brien and to Messrs. Small, Maynard and Company--who made use of “The Emperor of Elam” in _The Best Short Stories of 1917_--his thanks both for their former hospitality and for their present courtesy in permitting him to reassemble his work.

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

every one of two or more people or things, taken separately

From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading It may be added that the names of three of these stories are not the ones first copyrighted and that at least two of them have been completely recast, while not one of them has been left untouched in its earliest state.

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From this reading The writer nevertheless takes this occasion to express to the editors and publishers of the above periodicals, as well as to Mr. W. J. O’Brien and to Messrs. Small, Maynard and Company--who made use of “The Emperor of Elam” in _The Best Short Stories of 1917_--his thanks both for their former hospitality and for their present courtesy in permitting him to reassemble his work.

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

a bright green precious stone

From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

to show or communicate a feeling or idea

From this reading The writer nevertheless takes this occasion to express to the editors and publishers of the above periodicals, as well as to Mr. W. J. O’Brien and to Messrs. Small, Maynard and Company--who made use of “The Emperor of Elam” in _The Best Short Stories of 1917_--his thanks both for their former hospitality and for their present courtesy in permitting him to reassemble his work.

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading It may be added that the names of three of these stories are not the ones first copyrighted and that at least two of them have been completely recast, while not one of them has been left untouched in its earliest state.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading The writer nevertheless takes this occasion to express to the editors and publishers of the above periodicals, as well as to Mr. W. J. O’Brien and to Messrs. Small, Maynard and Company--who made use of “The Emperor of Elam” in _The Best Short Stories of 1917_--his thanks both for their former hospitality and for their present courtesy in permitting him to reassemble his work.

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From this reading The writer nevertheless takes this occasion to express to the editors and publishers of the above periodicals, as well as to Mr. W. J. O’Brien and to Messrs. Small, Maynard and Company--who made use of “The Emperor of Elam” in _The Best Short Stories of 1917_--his thanks both for their former hospitality and for their present courtesy in permitting him to reassemble his work.

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF HIS OBLIGED AND ADMIRING FRIEND THE AUTHOR.

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading It may be added that the names of three of these stories are not the ones first copyrighted and that at least two of them have been completely recast, while not one of them has been left untouched in its earliest state.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading It may be added that the names of three of these stories are not the ones first copyrighted and that at least two of them have been completely recast, while not one of them has been left untouched in its earliest state.

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading The writer nevertheless takes this occasion to express to the editors and publishers of the above periodicals, as well as to Mr. W. J. O’Brien and to Messrs. Small, Maynard and Company--who made use of “The Emperor of Elam” in _The Best Short Stories of 1917_--his thanks both for their former hospitality and for their present courtesy in permitting him to reassemble his work.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading The writer nevertheless takes this occasion to express to the editors and publishers of the above periodicals, as well as to Mr. W. J. O’Brien and to Messrs. Small, Maynard and Company--who made use of “The Emperor of Elam” in _The Best Short Stories of 1917_--his thanks both for their former hospitality and for their present courtesy in permitting him to reassemble his work.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It may be added that the names of three of these stories are not the ones first copyrighted and that at least two of them have been completely recast, while not one of them has been left untouched in its earliest state.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading It may be added that the names of three of these stories are not the ones first copyrighted and that at least two of them have been completely recast, while not one of them has been left untouched in its earliest state.

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From this reading The writer nevertheless takes this occasion to express to the editors and publishers of the above periodicals, as well as to Mr. W. J. O’Brien and to Messrs. Small, Maynard and Company--who made use of “The Emperor of Elam” in _The Best Short Stories of 1917_--his thanks both for their former hospitality and for their present courtesy in permitting him to reassemble his work.

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading It may be added that the names of three of these stories are not the ones first copyrighted and that at least two of them have been completely recast, while not one of them has been left untouched in its earliest state.

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading The writer nevertheless takes this occasion to express to the editors and publishers of the above periodicals, as well as to Mr. W. J. O’Brien and to Messrs. Small, Maynard and Company--who made use of “The Emperor of Elam” in _The Best Short Stories of 1917_--his thanks both for their former hospitality and for their present courtesy in permitting him to reassemble his work.

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading It may be added that the names of three of these stories are not the ones first copyrighted and that at least two of them have been completely recast, while not one of them has been left untouched in its earliest state.

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From this reading The writer nevertheless takes this occasion to express to the editors and publishers of the above periodicals, as well as to Mr. W. J. O’Brien and to Messrs. Small, Maynard and Company--who made use of “The Emperor of Elam” in _The Best Short Stories of 1917_--his thanks both for their former hospitality and for their present courtesy in permitting him to reassemble his work.

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading The writer nevertheless takes this occasion to express to the editors and publishers of the above periodicals, as well as to Mr. W. J. O’Brien and to Messrs. Small, Maynard and Company--who made use of “The Emperor of Elam” in _The Best Short Stories of 1917_--his thanks both for their former hospitality and for their present courtesy in permitting him to reassemble his work.

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading The writer nevertheless takes this occasion to express to the editors and publishers of the above periodicals, as well as to Mr. W. J. O’Brien and to Messrs. Small, Maynard and Company--who made use of “The Emperor of Elam” in _The Best Short Stories of 1917_--his thanks both for their former hospitality and for their present courtesy in permitting him to reassemble his work.

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading It may be added that the names of three of these stories are not the ones first copyrighted and that at least two of them have been completely recast, while not one of them has been left untouched in its earliest state.

in spite of what has just been said

From this reading The writer nevertheless takes this occasion to express to the editors and publishers of the above periodicals, as well as to Mr. W. J. O’Brien and to Messrs. Small, Maynard and Company--who made use of “The Emperor of Elam” in _The Best Short Stories of 1917_--his thanks both for their former hospitality and for their present courtesy in permitting him to reassemble his work.

not any; not one

From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

and not; used after a negative to add a second negative

From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading It may be added that the names of three of these stories are not the ones first copyrighted and that at least two of them have been completely recast, while not one of them has been left untouched in its earliest state.

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From this reading The writer nevertheless takes this occasion to express to the editors and publishers of the above periodicals, as well as to Mr. W. J. O’Brien and to Messrs. Small, Maynard and Company--who made use of “The Emperor of Elam” in _The Best Short Stories of 1917_--his thanks both for their former hospitality and for their present courtesy in permitting him to reassemble his work.

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From this reading WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF HIS OBLIGED AND ADMIRING FRIEND THE AUTHOR.

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From this reading The writer nevertheless takes this occasion to express to the editors and publishers of the above periodicals, as well as to Mr. W. J. O’Brien and to Messrs. Small, Maynard and Company--who made use of “The Emperor of Elam” in _The Best Short Stories of 1917_--his thanks both for their former hospitality and for their present courtesy in permitting him to reassemble his work.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading It may be added that the names of three of these stories are not the ones first copyrighted and that at least two of them have been completely recast, while not one of them has been left untouched in its earliest state.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading The writer nevertheless takes this occasion to express to the editors and publishers of the above periodicals, as well as to Mr. W. J. O’Brien and to Messrs. Small, Maynard and Company--who made use of “The Emperor of Elam” in _The Best Short Stories of 1917_--his thanks both for their former hospitality and for their present courtesy in permitting him to reassemble his work.

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From this reading The writer nevertheless takes this occasion to express to the editors and publishers of the above periodicals, as well as to Mr. W. J. O’Brien and to Messrs. Small, Maynard and Company--who made use of “The Emperor of Elam” in _The Best Short Stories of 1917_--his thanks both for their former hospitality and for their present courtesy in permitting him to reassemble his work.

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From this reading The writer nevertheless takes this occasion to express to the editors and publishers of the above periodicals, as well as to Mr. W. J. O’Brien and to Messrs. Small, Maynard and Company--who made use of “The Emperor of Elam” in _The Best Short Stories of 1917_--his thanks both for their former hospitality and for their present courtesy in permitting him to reassemble his work.

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading The writer nevertheless takes this occasion to express to the editors and publishers of the above periodicals, as well as to Mr. W. J. O’Brien and to Messrs. Small, Maynard and Company--who made use of “The Emperor of Elam” in _The Best Short Stories of 1917_--his thanks both for their former hospitality and for their present courtesy in permitting him to reassemble his work.

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading The writer nevertheless takes this occasion to express to the editors and publishers of the above periodicals, as well as to Mr. W. J. O’Brien and to Messrs. Small, Maynard and Company--who made use of “The Emperor of Elam” in _The Best Short Stories of 1917_--his thanks both for their former hospitality and for their present courtesy in permitting him to reassemble his work.

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From this reading It may be added that the names of three of these stories are not the ones first copyrighted and that at least two of them have been completely recast, while not one of them has been left untouched in its earliest state.

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading The writer nevertheless takes this occasion to express to the editors and publishers of the above periodicals, as well as to Mr. W. J. O’Brien and to Messrs. Small, Maynard and Company--who made use of “The Emperor of Elam” in _The Best Short Stories of 1917_--his thanks both for their former hospitality and for their present courtesy in permitting him to reassemble his work.

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading It may be added that the names of three of these stories are not the ones first copyrighted and that at least two of them have been completely recast, while not one of them has been left untouched in its earliest state.

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading The writer nevertheless takes this occasion to express to the editors and publishers of the above periodicals, as well as to Mr. W. J. O’Brien and to Messrs. Small, Maynard and Company--who made use of “The Emperor of Elam” in _The Best Short Stories of 1917_--his thanks both for their former hospitality and for their present courtesy in permitting him to reassemble his work.

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading The writer nevertheless takes this occasion to express to the editors and publishers of the above periodicals, as well as to Mr. W. J. O’Brien and to Messrs. Small, Maynard and Company--who made use of “The Emperor of Elam” in _The Best Short Stories of 1917_--his thanks both for their former hospitality and for their present courtesy in permitting him to reassemble his work.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading It may be added that the names of three of these stories are not the ones first copyrighted and that at least two of them have been completely recast, while not one of them has been left untouched in its earliest state.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading The writer nevertheless takes this occasion to express to the editors and publishers of the above periodicals, as well as to Mr. W. J. O’Brien and to Messrs. Small, Maynard and Company--who made use of “The Emperor of Elam” in _The Best Short Stories of 1917_--his thanks both for their former hospitality and for their present courtesy in permitting him to reassemble his work.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading It may be added that the names of three of these stories are not the ones first copyrighted and that at least two of them have been completely recast, while not one of them has been left untouched in its earliest state.

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading It may be added that the names of three of these stories are not the ones first copyrighted and that at least two of them have been completely recast, while not one of them has been left untouched in its earliest state.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

an old word for “to”

From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading It may be added that the names of three of these stories are not the ones first copyrighted and that at least two of them have been completely recast, while not one of them has been left untouched in its earliest state.

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From this reading The writer nevertheless takes this occasion to express to the editors and publishers of the above periodicals, as well as to Mr. W. J. O’Brien and to Messrs. Small, Maynard and Company--who made use of “The Emperor of Elam” in _The Best Short Stories of 1917_--his thanks both for their former hospitality and for their present courtesy in permitting him to reassemble his work.

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From this reading The writer nevertheless takes this occasion to express to the editors and publishers of the above periodicals, as well as to Mr. W. J. O’Brien and to Messrs. Small, Maynard and Company--who made use of “The Emperor of Elam” in _The Best Short Stories of 1917_--his thanks both for their former hospitality and for their present courtesy in permitting him to reassemble his work.

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in _The Century Magazine_ (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in _The Bookman_ (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in _Scribner’s Magazine_ (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole _Rediviva_,” copyright, 1904), and in _The Smart Set_ (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in _The Associated Sunday Magazines_ (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in _The Outlook_ (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in _Short Stories_ (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in _The Sunset Magazine_ (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909).

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

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From this reading The writer nevertheless takes this occasion to express to the editors and publishers of the above periodicals, as well as to Mr. W. J. O’Brien and to Messrs. Small, Maynard and Company--who made use of “The Emperor of Elam” in _The Best Short Stories of 1917_--his thanks both for their former hospitality and for their present courtesy in permitting him to reassemble his work.

during the time that

From this reading It may be added that the names of three of these stories are not the ones first copyrighted and that at least two of them have been completely recast, while not one of them has been left untouched in its earliest state.

which person or people

From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:

in the company of; together with

From this reading WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF HIS OBLIGED AND ADMIRING FRIEND THE AUTHOR.

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From this reading The writer nevertheless takes this occasion to express to the editors and publishers of the above periodicals, as well as to Mr. W. J. O’Brien and to Messrs. Small, Maynard and Company--who made use of “The Emperor of Elam” in _The Best Short Stories of 1917_--his thanks both for their former hospitality and for their present courtesy in permitting him to reassemble his work.

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From this reading The writer nevertheless takes this occasion to express to the editors and publishers of the above periodicals, as well as to Mr. W. J. O’Brien and to Messrs. Small, Maynard and Company--who made use of “The Emperor of Elam” in _The Best Short Stories of 1917_--his thanks both for their former hospitality and for their present courtesy in permitting him to reassemble his work.

but in spite of that

From this reading ARCH IRONIST, EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,” LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED; WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES, AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS: