Telling of tales / Ellery Sedgwick -- The short short story: Salesmanship / Mary Ellen Chase -- The Macbeth murder mystery / James Thurber -- Sixteen / Maureen Daly -- The prophet / Michael McLaverty -- The answer / William E. Wilson -- Fraternity ; Malcolm Hoffmann -- Reward / Jean C. Becket -- The social struggle / Scott Graham Williamson -- The dog that could talk / Henri Duvernois -- In the dark / Neil Bell -- Leading to marriage / Arnold Bennett -- Shago / James Pooler -- The short story: The devil and Daniel Webster / Stephen Vincent Benét -- The pain / Pauline Smith -- Remarks: None / William Wister Haines -- Death of red peril / Walter D. Edmonds -- Matches / Viola Paradise -- The test / J.M. Witherow -- A cup of tea / Katherine Mansfield -- Gertrude the governess, or, Simple seventeen / Stephen Leacock -- The ox / H.E. Bates -- Snacker / Erskine Caldwell -- Old uncle / A.W. Smith -- The return / Lord Dunsany -- The condensation: Salar the salmon / Henry Williamson -- The novelette: Goodbye, Mr. Chips / James Hilton -- The novel: Mutiny on the bounty / Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall.