Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Contents vii
4. Introduction xi
5. A Note on the Text xxvii
6. Acknowledgements xxviii
7. Bibliography xxix
8. Stories
9. The First Day of Spring 3
10. Peaches, Peaches 8
11. Mist Green Oats 58
12. The Loading 75
13. Indian Summer 84
14. Grapes 97
15. Lilacs for First Love 114
16. Horace the Haymow 121
17. The Return of the Nances 137
18. The One Thing 151
19. The Practical Wife 165
20. The Fate of Mrs Lucier 178
21. The Strawstack 186
22. Elaine 195
23. Hackman's Night 201
24. Innocent Man 223
25. SKETCHES: CORNCOB CORNERS AND OTHER PLACES
26. Harvest Home Supper at Birdseye Centre 301
27. Christmas at Corncob Corners 306
28. The Dance at Corncob Corners 310
29. Some Folks of Our Village 314
30. Mrs Plethwick was a Citizen 321
31. The Rewards of Blankenhorn 324
32. Laying a Ghost 328
33. Heart of Ironwood Tea 334
34. A Row of Horse Stalls 337
35. Hitching Bertha to the Sleigh 348
36. Trying to Please the Ladies 352
37. No Gumption 355
38. A Boy's Girl 359
39. The Furnace Causes Warmth 364
40. I Buy a Dog — Almost 369
41. Criticism
42. Canadian Letter 377
43. A Poet in Arms for Poetry 382
44. The Canadian Short Story 388
45. Introduction to Canadian Short Stories 392
46. Duncan Campbell Scott 398
47. Letter to Miss Frankfurth 404
48. The Poetic Fruition of Ireland 406
49. A Great Poet of To-day: Edwin Arlington Robinson 412
50. A Shropshire Lad 419
51. Katherine Mansfield 427
52. Frederick Philip Grove: A Canadian of Canadians 435
53. The Poetical Works of Wilfred Campbell 440
54. The Poetry of Archibald Lampman 454