The great modern American stories
Subtitle: an anthology
By: Compiled and edited by William Dean Howells.
Edition: Special ed.
Publisher: Readers' League of America
Published: 1942
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
Table of contents: title: Hale, E. E. My double; and how he undid me.-Spofford, H. P. Circumstance.-Twain, M. The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County.-James, H. A passionate pilgrim.-Aldrich, T. B. Mlle. Olympe Zabriski.-Stoddard, C. W. A prodigal in Tahiti.-Harte, F. B. The outcasts of Poker Flat.-Stockton, F. The Christmas wreck.-Wharton, E. The mission of Jane.-Jewett, S. O. The courting of Sister Wisby.-Freeman, M. E. W. The revolt of "mother".-Brown, A. Told in the poorhouse.-Bierce, A. An occurrence at Owl Creek bridge.-Garland, H. The return of a private.-Fuller, H. B. Striking an average.-Ade, G. Effie Whittlesy.-Dreiser, T. The lost Phoebe.