INTRODUCTION
Never before in the history of our literature has
there been so great a demand for fiction. The
general literacy of our people through a system of
free education has created a great reading public.
Whether the cause of the demand for fiction on
their part is a desire to escape from the humdrum
cares of life, or a tendency to follow an intellectual
line of least resistance, or an effort to batten an
imagination starved by a narrow industrialism or
commercialism, the fact remains that works of fic-
tion are a very desirable commodity.
The fiction worker, the author, who meets this call
for his wares is constantly searching for new ma-
terial. The public is ever hungry and he must
ever feed. His stock-in-trade must be constantly
replenished. He draws from his own experiences
mainly, if he wishes the stories he writes to be life-
like and true. Seldom does he stray far afield
because he feels that he can not give his work the
convincing touches it needs without a profound
first hand knowledge of his subject matter.
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