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Not Pretty, but Precious; And Other Short Stories is a collection of short stories written by various authors and edited by John William De Forest an American soldier and writer of realistic fiction, best known for his Civil War novel Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty. Story collection in this edition as below.

• Not Pretty, but Precious, Margret Field.
• The Victims of Dreams, Margaret Hosmer.
• The Cold Hand, Clara F. Guernsey.
• The Blood Seedling, John Hay.
• The Marquis, Chauncey Hickox.
• Under False Colors, Lucy Hamilton Hooper.
• The Hungry Heart, J.W. De Forrest.
• "How Mother Did It," J.R. Hadermann.
• The Red Fox, Clara F. Guernsey.
• Louie, Harriet Prescott Spofford.
• Old Sadler'S Resurrection, R.D. Minor.