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3. The Melancholy Crane 19. A Masque of the Seasons 4. Fishing for Big-mouth 20. Wood-chucks Bass 21. Frog-hunting 5. Flight of Common Birds 22. The Crow's Wing 6. Fishing for Crappie 23. Prairie Chicken Shooting 7. In the Haunts of the Loon 24. A Fox in the Meramec 8. Blue-bills and Decoys Valley 9. Walking as a Fine Art 25. Fall Jack-snipe Shooting 10. Fishing for Bull-heads 26. In Dim October 11. Along a Country Road 27. Ruffed Grouse 12. Wood-cock Shooting 28. In Prairie Lands 13. Under the Green-wood 29. Hunting with Ferrets Tree 30. The Bare, Brown Fields 14. Pan-fishing 31. Quail Shooting 15. A Northern Nightingale 32. In Winter Woods 16. Squirrel Shooting [_Ready in May_ Wellesley Stories _BY GRACE LOUISE COOK_ 12mo. 340 pp. $1.50 _The Stories_ _Clorinda_ _Submerged_ _President Jefferson_ _A Lyrical Interlude_ _The Trial of Professor _Sir Toby's Career_ Lamont_ _Initiated Into Love_ _The Verdict_ These Wellesley stories give a truthful picture of Wellesley student life that will appeal strongly to its alumnae, greatly interest preparatory students, and should receive the hearty approval of its under-graduates; and also, as is sometimes not the case, they are worthy of a reading outside of college circles, for they meet the requirements of a good "short story" of whatever theme. Wellesley traditions, customs, and spirit pervade the book, either described at some length or indicated by a masterly allusion. All kinds of girls are depicted, as all kinds of girls go to college--girls poor and rich, clever, dull, and commonplace, refined and unrefined, the unsubstantial and the dilettante, and those with genuine talent, and the life among them seems very real, for nothing is forced or strained in the stories. The trial scene in Professor Lamont is one of the cleverest bits of writing in any recent book of short stories, and it is a true picture of the way in which college girls embrace every opportunity for genuine fun. The last story in the book is one of the best college love stories ever written. The dialogue is spirited, the diction graceful, and a literary
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