Contents
* "The Pot of Gold" - a young girl's ambitious journey leads her to find true treasure * "The Cow With Golden Horns" - a farm girl's sacrifice for her father ends in reward * "Princess Rosetta and the Pop-corn Man" - a missing Princess brings back together two dueling Kingdoms * "The Christmas Monks" - a poor boy's good behavior earns him employment in a magical garden * "The Pumpkin Giant" - a country terrorized by a monster gets a tasty revenge * "The Christmas Masquerade" - a costumer's trick on a king's extravagant event betters the lives of children * "Dill" - a daughter's harmless charm leads to a family reunion * "The Silver Hen" - a school teachers quest for her missing pet brings two neighbors back together * "Toby" - the story of a man who marries the wrong woman * "The Patchwork School" - a new type of reform school is introduced, scaring the children of the town * "The Squire's Sixpence"- in the quest to do the right thing, a school girl runs into trouble * "A Plain Case" - an unsuspecting boy is accused of telling a lie * "A Stranger in the Village" - a royal heir causes excitement within a village * "The Bound Girl" - a girl is sent to service a family, but her mischief gets her in trouble * "Deacon Thomas Wales's Will" - a girl grows out of her mischievous ways and becomes a proper young lady * "The Adopted Daughter" - a new appreciation for each other leads a girl and her guardian to become familySales
In the article “Mary Wilkins Freeman: One Hundred Years of Criticism” Mary Reichardt references the audience of Wilkins's short stories, stating that while her female audience was implied, there was also a widespread male audience as well. Reichardt states, however, that after World War 1, the feminist movement collapsed and the sales of Wilkins's work plummeted (Reichardt, 35).References
# Foster, Edward. Mary E. Wilkins Freeman. New York: Hendricks House, 1956. Print. # Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins. The Pot Of Gold and Other Stories,. Boston: D. Lothrop, 1892. Open Library. Web. 15 May 2012.