The following stories of this collection have been previously published: “Old Tantrybogus” and “One Crowded Hour,” in The Saturday Evening Post; “They Grind Exceeding Small,” in The Saturday Evening Post and Current Opinion, and in one of the O. Henry Memorial Volumes; “Mine Enemy’s Dog,” “Not a Drum was Heard,” “Success” (under the title of “So My Luck Began”) and “Sheener,” in Collier’s Weekly; “His Honor,” “The Coward” and “The Man Who Looked Like Edison,” in Cosmopolitan Magazine; “Jeshurun Waxed Fat,” in The Century Magazine; “The Field of Honor,” in The American Magazine; “Thrifty Stock,” in McCall’s Magazine; and “The Right Whale’s Flukes,” in The Bellman. To the editors of these magazines the author makes the customary acknowledgement.