A HEDONIST. By John Galsworthy
(From _Pears' Annual_, 1921 and _The Century Magazine_)

THE BAT AND BELFRY INN. By Alan Graham
(From _The Story-Teller_)

THE LIE. By Holloway Horn
(From _The Blue Magazine_)

A GIRL IN IT. By Rowland Kenney
(From _The New Age_)

THE BACKSTAIRS OF THE MIND. By Rosamond Langbridge
(From _The Manchester Guardian_)

THE BIRTH OF A MASTERPIECE. By Lucas Malet
(From _The Story-Teller_)

"GENIUS." By Elinor Mordaunt
(From _Hutchinson's Magazine_ and _The Century Magazine_)

THE DEVIL TO PAY. By Max Pemberton
(From _The Story-Teller_)

EMPTY ARMS. By Roland Pertwee
(From _The Ladies' Home Journal_)

LENA WRACE. By May Sinclair
(From _The Dial_)