Copyright, 1921, by Harper & Brothers Printed in the United States of America L-V This story of my father’s was first printed under the title of _Private Theatricals_ in the _Atlantic Monthly_ of 1875, while he was still editor of the magazine. It appeared a few years after Henry James’s _Gabrielle de Bergerac_, and neither of the two short novels was ever republished by their authors. My father’s must have been written in the Concord Avenue house in Cambridge which he and my mother had just built and moved into. They were very proud of the new house, even of its mansard roof such as every house of the period was obliged to have, and which is reflected in the newly added French roofs of som…
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