Edna Ferber

Cheerful-By Request illustrated Edna Ferber

Twelve short stories which are typical of the good work one expects of Miss Ferber. The people are all human, whether cheerful--by request, or the gay old dog, or the tough guy, or the guiding Miss Gown or any of the others. Cheerful by Request * The Gay Old Dog * The Tough Guy * The Eldest * That's Marriage * The Woman Who Tried to Be Good * The Girl Who Went Right * The Hooker-Up-the-Back * The Guiding Miss Gown * Sophy-As-She-Might-Have-Been * The Three of Them * Shore Leave.