MY STORY THAT
I LIKE BEST
By
EDNA FERBER
IRVIN S. COBB
PETER B. KYNE
JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD
MEREDITH NICHOLSON
H. C. WITWER
With an Introduction
by
RAY LONG
Editor of Cosmopolitan
1925
NEW YORK
Copyright 1925, by
International Magazine Company
New York
FIFTH EDITION
Printed November, 1925
THIS BOOK IS
DEDICATED
TO
THAT GREAT NUMBER OF
INTELLIGENT
AMERICANS
WHO ARE
CONSTANT READERS
OF
COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE
IT IS SENT TO YOU
WITH THE
CORDIAL GOOD WISHES
OF THE WRITERS
AND
THE EDITOR
CONTENTS
Introduction By Ray Long
The Gay Old Dog By Edna Ferber
The Escape Of Mr. Trimm By Irvin S. Cobb
Point By Peter B. Kyne
Kazan By James Oliver Curwood
The Third Man By Meredith Nicholson
Money To Burns By H. C. Witwer
RAY LONG
INTRODUCTION by RAY LONG
In presenting this volume to you I am imagining that I am host for anevening. I have invited six of the distinguished writers of our time andasked them to relax over their coffee and in a mood of friendliness todiscuss their own work. They have permitted me to have you sit with meand listen.
An interesting group, surely. Miss Ferber, black-haired, dark-eyed,vivid, animation itself; Irvin Cobb, tall, heavy-set, with, as hisdaughter says, two chins in front and a spare in the rear; Peter B.Kyne, about five foot six, with the face and figure of a well-fedpriest; Jim Curwood, tall, wiry, outdoorsy in every line and movement;Nicholson, my idea of an ambassador to the Court of St. James; HarryWitwer, with the poise and quickness that one learns in the ring. (Hedid fight as a youngster; that's why he can make you see a prize ringwhen he describes it.)
Yes, an interesting group. Just as interesting to me today, after yearsof friendship, as to you, who may meet them for the first time. The sortof folks that wear well. The sort that haven't been spoiled by success.For each of them realizes the simplicity of the recipe that won hissuccess. It can be told in few words: Think better and work harder thanyour competitor.
If you get to know these authors well, you will see that is all therehas been to it: they have thought better and worked harder than theother fellow. And they are still doing it—thinking better and workingharder: that's why their success endures. That's why their names aretrade-marks for interesting, satisfying reading matter. As themanufacturer who establishes a trade-mark must not let his productdeteriorate, lest he lose his customers, just so the successful writermust keep his product to high standard lest he lose his readers.