CHAPTER IV. THE ENTERTAINING GROUP 255-344

I. TALE OF PROBABLE ADVENTURE--Characteristics and definition--How to write a probable adventure--A warning--Examples 255

II. THE SOCIETY STORY--Definition--Pastoral Romance--Suggestions on writing a society story--Examples 277

III. THE HUMOROUS STORY--Definition--Fableaux--Picaresque romance--Difference between a humorous story and a comic anecdote--Examples 299

IV. THE OCCASIONAL STORY--The spirit of the occasional story--Its masters--Suggestions for subjects--Examples 313