Selected writings of Gertrude Stein / edited, with an introduction and notes, by Carl van Vechten and with an essay on Gertrude Stein by F.W. Dupee.

The autobiography of Alice B. Toklas -- The gradual making of the Making of Americans -- The making of Americans (selected passages) -- Three portraits of painters : Cezanne, Matisse, Picasso -- Melanctha : each one as she may -- Tender buttons -- Composition as explanation -- Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia -- Have they attacked Mary. He giggled (a political caricature) -- As a wife has a cow : a love story -- Two poems : Susie Asado, Preciosilla -- Two plays : Ladies' voices, What happened -- Miss Furr and Miss Skeene -- A sweet tail (gypsies) -- Four saints in three acts -- The winner loses : a picture of occupied France -- The coming of the Americans (from Wars I have seen).

"This collection, a retrospective exhibit of the work of a woman who created a unique place for herself in the world of letters, contains a sample of practically every period and every manner in Gertrude Stein's career. It includes The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas in its entirety; selected passages from The Making of Americans; "Melanctha"from Three Lives; portraits of the painters Cezanne, Matisse, and Picasso; Tender Buttons; the opera Four Saints in Three Acts; and poem, plays, lectures, articles, sketches, and a generous portion of her famous book on the Occupation of France.