The Black Girl in Search of God And Some Lesser Tales

“The Black Girl in Search of God “was first published as “The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God“in 1932. The remaining items in this volume were first collected in “Short Stories, Scraps and Shavings,“ 1934. They were published individually as follows: “Aerial Football“in The Neolith, November 1907; “The Emperor and the Little Girl “was written for a Belgian war charity for children in 1916; “The Miraculous Revenge “ in Time, March 1885; “The Theatre of the Future “in The Grand Maga- zine, February 1905; “A Dressing Room Secret“in the Haymarket Theatre program for “The Dark Lady of the Sonnets,“November 24, 1910; “Still after The Doll's House“in Time, February 1890; “Death of an Old Revolutionary Hero“in The Clarion, March 24, 1905; “The Serenade “in The Magazine of Music, November 1885; “A Sunday on the Surrey Hills “in the Pall Mall Gazette, April 25, 1888 ; “Cannon- fodder“in The Clarion, November 21, 1902. “Beauty's Duty,““Don Giovanni Explains,“and “The Domesticity of Franklyn Barnabas “are   not recorded as having been published before their appearance in 1934.