Rinehart, Mary Roberts
_Bab, Sub-Deb_

Shute, Henry
_The Misadventures of Three Good Boys_

Stevenson, Robert Louis
_Merry Men._ "Markheim" and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"
_New Arabian Nights._ "A Lodging for the Night" and "The Sire de
Maletroit's Door"

Stockton, Frank
_The Lady or the Tiger?_ Title Story

Tarkington, Booth
_Penrod_
_Penrod and Sam_
_Monsieur Beaucair_

"Twain, Mark"
_The Jumping Frog_

Van Dyke, Henry
_The Blue Flower._ Title Story and "The Other Wise Man"

White, Stewart Edward
_Blazed Trail Stories_

White, William Allen
_The Court of Boyville_

Wister Owen
_Philosophy Four._ Title Story

SUGGESTIONS FOR STUDY

The Gift of the Magi

1. Does the introduction of "The Gift of the Magi" awaken your interest
at once?

2. Della and Jim are very poor. Why is neither their home nor Della in
her shabby clothes, ugly or sordid?

3. Do Jim and Della seem like real people you have known? What makes
them so happy in spite of their being poor?

4. Is there something about this simple story that is beautiful and
that would be true for people ages ago or years from now? How would you
put this idea in words?

5. Were you prepared for the surprise ending of the story? Read over
the story and see if O. Henry had really prepared from the very
beginning for such an ending and yet had kept the reader from knowing.

6. After reading the Introduction, would you say that "The Gift of the
Magi" is a true short story?

A Reward of Merit

1. Look over the story "A Reward of Merit" and gather up the real story
or plot and see how briefly you can relate it in your own words.

2. Does the fact that the story is told so largely through the
conversation of the boys make it more interesting to you?

3. Try writing a story of some escapade, adventure, or exciting event
in which the story is largely told, and the characters revealed, by
means of conversation between two boys or two girls.

4. Would you say that Mr. Tarkington, the writer of this story, has a
sense of humor? Give instances of humor in the story.

5. In what ways does the story show a knowledge of boy life?

"American, Sir!"

1. What type of story would you call this?

2. The setting of the main incident brings before you what part of the
Great War? Were any of your friends in that country? In the ambulance
service anywhere? Locate on the map the places named in the story.

3. F