Books published by publisher George H Doran

IN THE PREFACE TO THIS BOOK, THE AUTHOR NOTES THAT THERE ARE TWO QUESTIONS MOST OFTEN ASKED CONCERNING THIS STORY: (1)ARE THEY ACTUAL LETTERS OR COPIES OF ACTUAL LETERS? AND (2) WHO IS THE ORIGINAL OF JACK KEEFE? lARDNER ANSWERS THESE IN TURN: (1) THESE ARE ACTUAL LETTERS OF A SISTER-IN-LAW OF HIS LIVING IN INDIANAPOLIS, AND (2) THE AUTHOR DECLINES TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, " AS A REPLY WOULD HAVE STOPPED THE BOYS AND GIRLS FROM GUESSING, AND THEIR GUESSES HAVE GIVEN ME MANY A THRILL." AT LAST HE FACETIOUSLY REVEALS THE "TRUE" ANSWER: THE ORIGINAL OF JACK KEEFE IS NOT A BOALL PLAYER AT ALL, BUT JANE ADDAMS OF HULL HOUSE, A FORMER FOLLIES GIRL. BY THE TONGUE-IN-CHEEK PROSE OF THE AUTHOR IN THIS PREFACE, WE GET A PRETTY CLEAR PICTURE OF HIS DOWN-TO-EARTH SENSE OF HUMOR, SO EVIDENT IN HIS WRITINGS.