The City and the World
and Other Stories

BY
FRANCIS CLEMENT KELLEY
Author of
"The Last Battle of the Gods," "Letters to Jack."
"The Book of Red and Yellow." Etc., Etc.


SECOND EDITION


EXTENSION PRESS
223 W. Jackson Boulevard
CHICAGO
1913
Book Cover: The City and the World and Other Stories
PREFACE
These stories were not written at one time, nor were they intendedfor publication in book form. For the most part they werecontributions to Extension Magazine, of which the author is Editor,and which is, above all, a missionary publication. Most of them,therefore, were intended primarily to be appeals, as well as stories.In fact, there was not even a remote idea in the author's mind when hewrote them that some day they might be introduced to other readersthan those reached by the magazine itself. In fact, he might almostsay that the real object of most of the stories was to present aCatholic missionary appeal in a new way. Apparently the storiessucceeded in doing that, and a few of them were made up separately inbooklets and used for the propaganda work of The Catholic ChurchExtension Society. Then came a demand for the collection, so thewriter consented to allow the stories to appear in book form; hopingthat, thus gathered together, his little appeals for what he considersthe greatest cause in the world may win a few new friends to the ideaswhich gave them life and name.
FRANCIS CLEMENT KELLEY.

Chicago, Illinois, July 30, 1913.

"Father Ramoni suddenly felt his joy congealing into a cold fear."
"Father Ramoni suddenly felt his joy congealing into acold fear."
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