A book of short stories
By: edited, with introduction, biographies, and bibliographies by Cynthia Ann Pugh ... .
Publisher: The Macmillan Company
Published: 1931
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 533
Subjects: Short stories.
Notes: "List of reference books and short stories": p. 511-518.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Introduction:  The short story before the nineteenth century; title: The modern short story in America; title: The modern short story in Europe; title: The short stories:  Gathering form and interest in America:  Rip Van Winkle / Washington Irving; title: The ambitious guest / Nathaniel HAwthorne; title: The birthmark / Nathaniel Hawthorne; title: The purloined letter / Edgar Allan Poe; title: The cask of amontillado / Edgar Allan Poe; title: The outcasts of Poker Flat / Bret Harte; title: Marjorie Daw / Thomas Bailey Aldrich; title: The lady, or the tiger? / Frank R. Stockton; title: The return of a private / Hamlin Garland; title: A gala dress / Mary E. Wilkins Freeman; title: Gathering artistic effect and influence abroad:  The piece of string / Guy de Maupassant; title: The necklace / Guy de Maupassant; title: Markheim / Robert Louis Stevenson; title: The captain's vices / Francois Coppee; title: The father / Bjornstjerne Bjornson; title: Where love is, there God is also / Leo Tolstoy; title: The darling / Anton Chekhov; title: A Christmas guest / Selma Lagerlof; title: Two blue birds / D.H. Lawrence; title: The clerk's quest / George Moore; title: Quality / John Galsworthy; title: Marriage a la mode / Katherine Mansfield; title: Gathering popularity and artistry at home:  The verdict / Edith Wharton; title: A municipal report / "O. Henry"; title: The yellow cat / Wilbur Daniel Steele; title: A jury of her peers / Susan Glaspell; title: The open window / Charles Caldwell Dobie; title: Habakkuk / Katharine Fullerton Gerould; title: Innocence / Rose Wilder Lane; title: The devil-drum / Barrett Willoughby; title: Night club / Katharine Brush; title: Salesmanship / Mary Ellen Chase; title: Lists of reference books and short stories; title: Biographical sketches; title: Index.