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The magazine was only published over the course of six months, until it ran out of funds.Willa Cather
Willa Cather
Willa Seibert Cather was an American author who achieved recognition for her novels of frontier life on the Great Plains, in works such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The Song of the Lark. In 1923 she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours , a novel set during World War I...
published five original short stories (The Dance at Chevalier's
The Dance at Chevalier's
The Dance at Chevalier's is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in Library in 1900 under the pseudonym of Henry Nicklemann.-Plot summary:...
, The Sentimentality of William Tavener
The Sentimentality of William Tavener
The Sentimentality of William Tavener is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in Library in May 1900.-Plot summary:William and Hester, live in McPherson County. One day, Hester manages to talk her husband into letting their children go to the circus after he remembers going to one;...
, The Affair at Grover Station
The Affair at Grover Station
The Affair at Grover Station is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in Library in June 1900 in two instalments, and reprinted in the Lincoln Courier one month later.-Plot introduction:...
, and The Conversion of Sum Loo
The Conversion of Sum Loo
The Conversion of Sum Loo is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in Library in August 1900.-Plot summary:After his first wife dies without giving him the progeny his recently deceased father strongly wished him to have, Sum Chin, who grew up in China and now lives in San...
), sixteen articles and seven poems. She also re-published Peter
Peter (short story)
Peter is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in The Mahogany Tree in 1892.-Plot summary:Peter Sadelack played second chair violin in Prague, and, despite losing his ability to play, continues to treasure his violin. His eldest son, Antone, tries to convince Peter to sell the...
, A Night at Greenway Court
A Night at Greenway Court
A Night at Greenway Court is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in Nebraska Literary Magazine in June 1896. Four years later a revised version was published in the Library.-Plot summary:...
and A Singer's Romance
A Singer's Romance
A Singer's Romance is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in Cosmopolitan in July 1900.-Plot summary:Frau Schumann drops a bag in an attempt to get a man who has been stalking her to talk to her; he picks up the bag and gives it to her but remains silent. Later, she receives...
. It has been noted that she was well paid for her contributions.