Short Stories of Various Types

Overview:

  • Title: Short Stories of Various Types
  • Author: Laura F. Freck
  • Year: 1920
  • Publisher: Charles E. Merrill
  • Price: $0.75
  • Pages: 327
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Anthology
  • Title Reference: Feathertop: A Moralized Legend
  • Notes:
    • Price from 1924 Illinois Department of Education bulletin.
    • Small hardcover, approximately 6.5 by 4.25 inches. Blue cloth cover stamped in black with "Merrill's English Texts [over] Short Stories of Various Types," no dust jacket.
    • Title page: "Merrill's English Texts / Short Stories of Various Types / Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Laura F. Freck, Head of the English Department in the High School, Jamestown, New York / Charles E. Merrill Company / New York and Chicago"
    • On reverse of title page: "Copyright, 1920 / by Charles E. Merrill Co." below which is printed a small "[8]" (not known if this is a printing number). No obvious indication of printing number or publication date anywhere in the book. WorldCat only lists one edition, no later printings.
    • Begins with an introduction by Laura F. Freck titled "To the Teacher". At the end, notes, further reading suggestions, and study questions.
    • Only speculative content listed here.