This was the author's favorite novel.

"A story of first love, told with tenderness and charm. Mr. Derleth relates their experiences to everybody's, makes it seem touching and meaningful besides. Recommended." - The New Yorker

"Mr. Derleth has come commendably close to writing the great book of first love as it really is." - The Washington Post

"It's as though he turned back the pages of an old diary and told, with rekindled emotion, of the pangs of pain and the sharp clear sweetness of a boy's first love. There's a universal appeal about the story, a quality that endears it to readers." - The Chicago Tribune

This little chapbook contains the four Aunt May stories that appeared in early Derleth story collections; and the newly discovered The Regeneration of Ben Secker, which has never been published before.