Haas, Robert Bartlett, editor. A Primer for the Gradual Understanding of Gertrude Stein, Black Sparrow Press, 1971.

An anthology of short pieces by and concerning Stein, selected to serve as an introduction to the new reader.

Mellow, James R. Introduction to Three Lives, New American Library, 1985.

A brief, accessible introduction that sketches Stein's biography and the history of "Melanctha." Stein, Gertrude. Fernhurst, Q.E.D., and Other Early Writings. Edited by Donald Gallup. New York and London: Liveright, 1971.

A collection of Stein's early writings.