This book is a collection of short stories. This volume is divided into five parts:
Part 1: TRUE contains: Her Eyes were Gray - The De Vines - Twilight - A Vision - Birthday Tokens - A New Lesson in Botany - The Races, and the Motto - Adela's Legend - Lance and Sylvester - The Likeness - Lance Returns - Sylv's Trouble - Lance and Adela - Dennie's Trouble - Elbow-crook Swamp - "I Live, How Long I Trow Not"
Part 2: MAJOR BARRINGTON'S MARRIAGE.
Part 3: "BAD PEPPERS."
Part 4: THREE BRIDGES contains "The Importance of a Hat" - "Father, Daughter, And—Who Else?" - "Listening" - "The Third Bridge"
Part 5: IN EACH OTHER'S SHOES.