Willa Cather 
Tales of Town & Country 

These seven stories by Willa Cather, edited by Patricia T.
O’Conner and Stewart Kellerman for Rushwater Press, are
published here under the title Tales of Town & Country. All
but one first appeared in periodicals.

“A Death in the Desert” originally appeared in Scribner’s
Magazine, January 1903.

“The Bohemian Girl” was first published Mc Clure’s Magazine,
August 1912.

“A Gold Slipper” originally appeared in Harper’s Monthly
Magazine, January 1917.

“On the Divide” was first printed in Overland Monthly,
January 1896.

“Flavia and Her Artists” originally appeared in a collection
of Cather’s stories, The Troll Garden, published in
March 1905 by Mc Clure, Phillips & Co.

“The Bookkeeper’s Wife” first appeared in The Century
llustrated Monthly Magazine, May 1916.

“Her Boss” was first published in October 1919 in both
the American and the British editions of the magazine
Smart Set. The version included here is from the American
edition.

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