American short stories of the nineteenth century /
American short stories of the 19th century
introduction by John Cournos.
- xii, 372 pages ; 18 cm.
- Everyman's library. Fiction ; [no. 840] .
Edited with an introd. by John Cournos.
Introduction / John Cournos -- Petter Rugg, the missing man / William Austin -- Rip Van Winkle / Washington Irving -- Tell-tale heart / Edgar Allan Poe -- Ethan Brand / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Town-ho's story / Herman Melville -- Diamond lens / Fritz-James O'Brien -- Luck of Roaring camp / Bret Harte -- Marjorie Daw / Thomas Bailey Aldrich -- Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County / Mark Twain -- Griffin and the Minor Canon / Frank R Stockton -- Horseman in the sky / Ambrose Bierce -- Passionate pilgrim / Henry James -- Hilton's holiday / Sarah Orne -- 'Sieur George / George W Cable -- Madame Celestin's divorce / Kate Chopin -- Little Room / Madelene Yale Wynne -- Village lear / Mary E Wilkins -- Van Bibber's burglar / Richard Harding Davis -- God of his Fathers / Jack London -- Furnished room / O Henry.