On 11 December 1923 F. Scott Fitzgerald and Maxwell Perkins lunched at the Chatham to discuss the collection that became Ring Lardner's first Scribners volume, How to Write Short Stories (1924). Fitzgerald listed possible titles and selections on the back of the menu. The note on "Good for the Soul" is in Perkins' hand. 300 copies printed to mark publication of Ring Lardner: A Descriptive Bibiliography by Matthew J. Bruccoli and Richard Layman (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1976). From the Charles Scribner's Sons Archives in the Princeton University Library. With permission from Frances Fitzgerald Smith, Charles Scribner's Sons, and the Princeton University Library. This item is included in this Collection with permission from Margie Bachman, Rights & Permissions Manager, University of Pittsburgh Press, 3347 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261