_Fannie Hurst_ 135
Sketch of Fannie Hurst 166

IX. IN THE LUMBER COUNTRY
THE RIVERMAN _Stewart Edward White_173
Sketch of Stewart E. White 185

X. NEW ENGLAND GRANITE
FLINT AND FIRE _Dorothy Canfield_ 191
HOW "FLINT AND FIRE" STARTED AND GREW _Dorothy Canfield_ 210
Sketch of Dorothy Canfield 221

XI. DUSKY AMERICANS
THE ORDEAL AT MT. HOPE _Paul Laurence Dunbar_227
Sketch of Paul Laurence Dunbar 249

XII. WITH THE POLICE
ISRAEL DRAKE _Katherine Mayo_ 255
Sketch of Katherine Mayo 273

XIII. IN THE PHILIPPINES
THE STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPH
OF ISIDRO DE LOS MAESTROS _James M. Hopper_ 279
Sketch of James M. Hopper 295

XIV. THEY WHO BRING DREAMS TO AMERICA
THE CITIZEN _James F. Dwyer_ 299
Sketch of James F. Dwyer 318

XV. LIST OF AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 321
Classified by locality

XVI. NOTES AND QUESTIONS FOR STUDY 325

IN SCHOOL DAYS

_Are any days more rich in experiences than school days? The day one
first enters school, whether it is the little red schoolhouse or the big
brick building that holds a thousand pupils,--that day marks the
beginning of a new life. One of the best records in fiction of the world
of the school room is called_ EMMY LOU. _In this book George Madden
Martin has traced the progress of a winsome little maid from the first
grade to the end of high school. This is the story of the first days in
the strange new world of the school room._

THE RIGHT PROMETHEAN FIRE

BY

GEORGE MADDEN MARTIN

Emmy Lou, laboriously copying digits, looked up. The boy sitting in line
in the next row of desks was making signs to her.

She had noticed the little boy before. He was a square little boy, with
a sprinkling of freckles over the bridge of the nose and a cheerful
breadth of nostril. His teeth were wide apart, and his smile was broad
and constant. Not that Emmy Lou could have told a