hor is also under obligation to the many newspapers and magazines
from which excerpts, titles, and other material have been quoted.

At every stage in the preparation of this book the author has had the
advantage of the cooeperation and assistance of his wife, Alice Haskell
Bleyer.

_University of Wisconsin
Madison, August, 1919_

CONTENTS

PART I

I. THE FIELD FOR SPECIAL ARTICLES 3

II. PREPARATION FOR SPECIAL FEATURE WRITING 14

III. FINDING SUBJECTS AND MATERIAL 25

IV. APPEAL AND PURPOSE 39

V. TYPES OF ARTICLES 52

VI. WRITING THE ARTICLE 99

VII. HOW TO BEGIN 131

VIII. STYLE 160

IX. TITLES AND HEADLINES 170

X. PREPARING AND SELLING THE MANUSCRIPT 182

XI. PHOTOGRAPHS AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS 193

PART II

AN OUTLINE FOR THE ANALYSIS OF SPECIAL FEATURE ARTICLES 201

TEACH CHILDREN LOVE OF ART THROUGH STORY-TELLING 204
(_Boston Herald_)

WHERE GIRLS LEARN TO WIELD SPADE AND HOE 206
(_Christian Science Monitor_)

BOYS IN SEARCH OF JOBS (_Boston Transcript_) 209

GIRLS AND A CAMP (_New York Evening Post_) 213

YOUR PORTER (_Saturday Evening Post_) 218

THE GENTLE ART OF BLOWING BOTTLES (_Independent_) 233

THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAYHOUSE (_New York World_) 240

THE SINGULAR STORY OF THE MOSQUITO MAN 242
(_New York Evening Post_)

A COUNTY SERVICE STATION (_Country Gentleman_) 248

GUARDING A CITY'S WATER SUPPLY (_Detroit News_) 260

THE OCCUPATION AND EXERCISE CURE (_Outlook_) 264

THE BRENNAN MONO-RAIL CAR (_McClure's Magazine_) 274

A NEW POLITICAL WEDGE (_Everybody's Magazine_) 281

THE JOB LADY (_Delineator_) 293

MARK TWAIN'S FIRST SWEETHEART (_Kansas City Star_) 299

FOUR MEN OF HUMBLE BIRTH HOLD WORLD DESTINY IN 305
THEIR HANDS (_Milwaukee Journal_)

THE CONFESSIONS OF A COLLEGE PROFESSOR'S WIFE 307
(_Saturday Evening Post