That year he published another short story collection, "The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color-Line" (1899), which included the title story, as well as "The Passing of Grandison", and others.
Первый сборник его рассказов, «The Conjure Woman», был опубликован в 1899 году; в том же году появился сборник «The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color-Line».