This collection includes Webster's ten earliest short stories, two of them never before published; an unpublished play that was performed in Chicago and New York; twenty-seven letters by Webster related to the works in this volume, also never before published; two articles on Webster's early career (1911 and 1912); and a short biography of Webster by Dianne L. Durante.
Henry Kitchell Webster was an American author who lived in Evanston, Illinois. He wrote novels and short stories on themes ranging from mystery to family drama to science fiction. He first achieved moderate recognition in 1899 when he co-wrote The Short Line War with fellow Illinois author Samuel Merwin, with whom he later collaborated to write one of his more famous works, Calumet "K".