Booth Tarkington 
The Fascinating Stranger And Other Stories 

Although his first book was about English romance, Newton Booth Tarkington, winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, for The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams, came to be known for his comical (and almost cynical) style of the Lost Generation that characterized the 1920's.

Contents
The fascinating stranger — The party — The one-hundred-dollar bill — Jeannette — The spring concert — Willamilla — The only child — Ladies' ways — Maytime in Marlow — "You" — "Us" — The tiger — Mary Smith.