Title: The Best American Tales
First published: 1907
Description: Rip Van Winkle, by W. Irving
The legend of Sleepy Hollow, by W. Irving
The great stone face, by N. Hawthorne
[Rappaccini's daughter](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455378W), by N. Hawthorne
The gold-bug, by E.A. Poe
[Descent into the Maelstrom](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL273476W), by E.A. Poe
[Fall of the House of Usher](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41078W), by E.A. Poe
What was it? A mystery, by F.-J. O'Brien
The man without a country, by E.E. Hale
Subjects: American Horror tales, burial vaults, catalepsy, dragons, Fiction, gothic fiction, hermitages, heroic romances, horror, horror tales, hysteria, knights, maces, psychogenic death, short stories, tarnsSocial life and customs, Manners and customs, short story, embedded narrative, mountaineering, whirlpools, vortex, Ratiocination, American Short stories, Short stories, American
Places: Padua, India, Italy, University of Padua, Lofoten, Norway
People: Giacomo Rappaccini, Giovanni Guasconti, Beatrice Rappaccini, Jonas Danilssønn Ramus, Roderick Usher, Madeline Usher, Ethelred
LC classification: PZ1.T723 B