The Queen of the Swamp, and other plain Americans

About This Book

Excerpt from The Queen of the SwampSome of these stories were written more than a dozen years ago. They have been gathered in from the Atlantic Monthly, Har per's Bazar, Outing, the Independent, the Delineator, the Chicago Tribune, the late Chicago Graphic, and Lippincott's Maga zine, by courteous permission of the editors; and revised year after year. Many of them embody phases of American life which have entirely passed away, or are yet to be found in secluded spots like eddies along the mar gin oi the nation's progress. Their honest preservation of middle western experience makes them, at l...