Current Fiction.

The article presents information on several fiction books. One of the book was "The Winning Lady and Others," by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, which are a collection of short stories. It marks a definite return to the author's original theme and manner, such development both as time should naturally have brought. The other book was "Friendship Village Love Stories," by Zona Gale focuses on Gale's Friendship Village, an idealized New England which has captivated many readers somewhat surfeited with rural farce on the one hand and rural tragedy on the other.