Great American Short Stories

Great American Short Stories

ROBERT W. CHAMBERS
THE REPAIRER OF REPUTATIONS
THE MASK
IN THE COURT OF THE DRAGON
THE YELLOW SIGN
THE DEMOISELLE D'YS
THE PROPHETS' PARADISE
THE STREET OF THE FOUR WINDS
THE STREET OF THE FIRST SHELL
THE STREET OF OUR LADY OF THE FIELDS
RUE BARRÉE

Edith Wharton
THE BOLTED DOOR
HIS FATHER'S SON
THE DAUNT DIANA
THE DEBT
FULL CIRCLE
THE LEGEND
THE EYES
THE BLOND BEAST
AFTERWARD
THE LETTERS

THE BEST SHORT STORIES OF 1920
INTRODUCTION.
THE OTHER WOMAN.
By Sherwood Anderson (From The Little Review)
GARGOYLE.
By Edwina Stanton Babcock (From Harper's Magazine)
GHITZA.
By Konrad Bercovici (From The Dial)
THE LIFE OF FIVE POINTS.
By Edna Clare Bryner (From The Dial)
THE SIGNAL TOWER.
By Wadsworth Camp (From The Metropolitan)
THE PARTING GENIUS.
By Helen Coale Crew (From The Midland)
HABAKKUK.
By Katharine Fullerton Gerould (From Scribner's Magazine)
THE JUDGMENT OF VULCAN.
By Lee Foster Hartman (From Harper's Magazine)
THE STICK-IN-THE-MUDS.
By Rupert Hughes (From Collier's Weekly)
HIS JOB.
By Grace Sartwell Mason (From Scribner's Magazine)
THE RENDING.
By James Oppenheim (From The Dial)
THE DUMMY-CHUCKER.
By Arthur Somers Roche (From The Cosmopolitan)
BUTTERFLIES.
By Rose Sidney (From The Pictorial Review)
THE ROTTER.
By Fleta Campbell Springer (From Harper's Magazine)
OUT OF EXILE.
By Wilbur Daniel Steele (From The Pictorial Review)
THE THREE TELEGRAMS.
By Ethel Storm (From The Ladies' Home Journal)
THE ROMAN BATH.
By John T. Wheelwright (From Scribner's Magazine)
AMAZEMENT.
By Stephen French Whitman (From Harper's Magazine)
SHEENER.
By Ben Ames Williams (From Collier's Weekly)
TURKEY RED.
By Frances Gilchrist Wood (From The Pictorial Review)

EDGAR ALLAN POE
LIGEIA
MORELLA
A TALE OF THE RAGGED MOUNTAINS
THE SPECTACLES
KING PEST.
THREE SUNDAYS IN A WEEK

Kate Chopin
BEYOND THE BAYOU
MA'AME PELAGIE
DESIREE'S BABY
A RESPECTABLE WOMAN
THE KISS
A PAIR OF SILK STOCKINGS
THE LOCKET
A REFLECTION

Mark Twain
A FABLE
HUNTING THE DECEITFUL TURKEY
THE McWILLIAMSES AND THE BURGLAR ALARM

F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
The Offshore Pirate
The Ice Palace
Head and Shoulders
The Cut-Glass Bowl
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
Benediction
Dalyrimple Goes Wrong
The Four Fists

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
THE GRAY CHAMPION
SUNDAY AT HOME
THE WEDDING-KNELL
THE MINISTER'S BLACK VEIL
THE MAYPOLE OF MERRY MOUNT
THE GENTLE BOY
MR. HIGGINBOTHAM'S CATASTROPHE
LITTLE ANNIE'S RAMBLE
WAKEFIELD
A RILL FROM THE TOWN PUMP
THE GREAT CARBUNCLE
THE PROPHETIC PICTURES
DAVID SWAN
SIGHTS FROM A STEEPLE
THE HOLLOW OF THE THREE HILLS
THE TOLL-GATHERER'S DAY
THE VISION OF THE FOUNTAIN
FANCY'S SHOW-BOX
DR. HEIDEGGER'S EXPERIMENT
LEGENDS OF THE PROVINCE HOUSE:

L. FRANK BAUM
THE BOX OF ROBBERS
THE GLASS DOG
THE QUEEN OF QUOK
THE GIRL WHO OWNED A BEAR
THE ENCHANTED TYPES
THE LAUGHING HIPPOPOTAMUS
THE MAGIC BON BONS
THE CAPTURE OF FATHER TIME
THE WONDERFUL PUMP
THE DUMMY THAT LIVED
THE KING OF THE POLAR BEARS
THE MANDARIN AND THE BUTTERFLY