Paul Laurence Dunbar was an American poet, novelist, and playwright of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Dunbar began to write stories and verse when still a child; he was president of his high school's literary society. He published his first poems at the age of 16 in a Dayton newspaper.

The critic August Nemo selected seven short stories by this remarkable author for your enjoyment:

- The Scapegoat.

- One Christmas At Shiloh.

- The Mission Of Mr. Scatters.

- A Matter Of Doctrine.

- Old Abe's Conversion.

- The Race Question.

- A Defender Of The Faith.