THE MONSTER AND OTHER STORIES
by Stephen Crane
CONTENTS
THE MONSTER
THE BLUE HOTEL
HIS NEW MITTENS
ILLUSTRATIONS
"'If You Ain't Afraid, Go Do It Then'"
"No One Would Have Suspected Him of Ever Having Washed a Buggy"
"'Henry Johnson! Rats!'"
"They Bowed and Smiled Until a Late Hour"
"The Band Played a Waltz"
"'What District?'"
In the Laboratory
"They Did Not Care Much for John Shipley"
"'If I Get Six Dollehs for Bo'ding Hennery Johnson, I Uhns It'"
"The Door Swung Portentously Open"
Mrs. Farragut
"'It's About What Nobody Talks Of—Much,' Said Twelve"
Little Horace
"Yelling Like Hawks at the White Balls Flew"
"'I've Got to Go Home'"
"When He Raised His Voice to Deny the Charge"
"'Aw, Come On!'"
"A Pair of Very Wet Mittens"
"Brought a Plate of Food"
"Horace Stared With Sombre Eyes at the Plate of Food"
"Some Sort of Bloody-Handed Person"
"People, Bowed Forward"
"Eight Cents' Worth of Something"
"His Head Hung Low"
"'Mam-ma! Mam-ma! Oh, Mam-ma!'"
THE LITTLE REGIMENT
AND OTHER EPISODES OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
BY STEPHEN CRANE
CONTENTS.
THE LITTLE REGIMENT.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
THREE MIRACULOUS SOLDIERS.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
A MYSTERY OF HEROISM.
AN INDIANA CAMPAIGN.
I.
II.
A GRAY SLEEVE.
I.
II.
III.
THE VETERAN.
LAST WORDS
By Stephen Crane
CONTENTS
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THE RELUCTANT VOYAGERS 1
SPITZBERGEN TALES—
THE KICKING TWELFTH 35
THE UPTURNED FACE 52
THE SHRAPNEL OF THEIR FRIENDS 59
"AND IF HE WILLS, WE MUST DIE" 69
WYOMING VALLEY TALES—
THE SURRENDER OF FORTY FORT 81
"OL' BENNET" AND THE INDIANS 88
THE BATTLE OF FORTY FORT 99
London Impressions 110
NEW YORK SKETCHES—
GREAT-GRIEF'S HOLIDAY DINNER 133
THE SILVER PAGEANT 145
A STREET SCENE 148
MINETTA LANE 154
ROOF GARDENS 166
IN THE BROADWAY CARS 173
The Assassins in Modern Battles 181
IRISH NOTES—
AN OLD MAN GOES WOOING 193
BALLYDEHOB 198
THE ROYAL IRISH CONSTABULARY 203
A FISHING VILLAGE 207
SULLIVAN COUNTY SKETCHES—
FOUR MEN IN A CAVE 217
THE MESMERIC MOUNTAIN 225
MISCELLANEOUS—
The Squire's Madness 231
A Desertion 245
How the Donkey Lifted the Hills 252
A Man by the Name of Mud 258
A Poker Game 263
The Snake 268
A Self-Made Man 273
A Tale of Mere Chance 282
At Clancy's Wake 288
An Episode of War 294
The Voice of the Mountain 301
Why Did the Young Clerk Swear? 306
The Victory of the Moon 315
WHILOMVILLE STORIES
By Stephen Crane
Illustrated by Peter Newell
CONTENTS
PAGE
I. The Angel Child 1
II. Lynx-Hunting 18
III. The Lover and the Telltale 30
IV. "Showin' Off" 40
V. Making an Orator 54
VI. Shame 64
VII. The Carriage-Lamps 80
VIII. The Knife 99
IX. The Stove 120
X. The Trial, Execution, and Burial of Homer Phelps 141
XI. The Fight 157
XII. The City Urchin and the Chaste Villagers 177
XIII. A Little Pilgrimage 191
ILLUSTRATIONS
STEPHEN CRANE Frontispiece
Facing p.
"THE QUEEN HERSELF TOOK THE CHAIR" 10
"'LOOK,' SHE DECLAIMED" 12
"AROUND THE CORNER OF THE HOUSE CAME THE TWINS" 14
AT THE RAILWAY STATION 16
"'MA—NOW—CAN I BORROW PA'S GUN?'" 18
THE DALZEL BOY TAKING THE PART OF A BANDIT CHIEF 22
"THERE WAS A FRIGHTFUL ROAR" 24
"'I THOUGHT SHE WAS A LYNX'" 26
"THEY GALLOPED ABOUT HIM SHRILLY CHANTING INSULTS" 36
"'I—' HE BEGAN. THEN HE VANISHED FROM THE EDGE OF THE WALK" 50
"AND THEN HE SUDDENLY SAID, 'HALF A LEG—' 60
"'JIMMIE TRESCOTT'S GOT HIS PICNIC IN A PAIL!'" 70
"'YOU JIM! QUIT! QUIT, I TELL YER!'" 84
"HE TURNED TO SAY: 'KEEP UP A STOUT HEART'" 92
"THE BOY TURNED AGAIN TO HIS FRIEND" 94
"THEY WHIRLED AND SCAMPERED AWAY LIKE DEER" 96
"HE HEAVED ONE OF HIS EIGHT-OUNCE ROCKS" 102
"MOLLIE LURKED IN A CORNER AND GIGGLED" 104
"THE NEXT MOMENT HE WAS LOOKING INTO THE AMAZED AND AGONIZED FACE OF OLD ALEK" 112
"THE OLD MAN DREW HIMSELF TO A STATELY POSE" 118
"THE LAMB-EYED FATHER PRECEDED THE ANGEL CHILD TO HER CHAMBER" 124
"THE SOLEMN ODOR OF BURNING TURNIPS ROLLED IN LIKE A SEA-FOG" 136
"'HERE'S ANOTHER BATCH OF LOVELY PUDDINGS'" 138
"FROM THIS BOOT HE EMPTIED ABOUT A QUART OF SNOW" 146
THE EXECUTION 150
THE FUNERAL ORATION 154
"STAMPING BRAVELY AND NOISILY ON THE PORCH" 158
"'THE FIRST TIME I CATCH YOU I'LL LAM THE HEAD OFF'N YOU!'" 164
"NO TIME FOR ACADEMICS—HE RAN" 174
"'WHO HURT HIM?' HE SAID, FEROCIOUSLY" 184
"'NIG-GER-R-R! NIG-GER-R-R!'" 186
"ONE APPROACHING FROM BEHIND LAID HOLD OF HIS EAR" 188
"THE PROFESSIONAL BRIGHT BOY OF THE CLASS SUDDENLY AWOKE" 196
WOUNDS IN THE RAIN
War Stories
Stephen Crane
CONTENTS
The Price of the Harness 1
The Lone Charge of William B. Perkins 3
The Clan of No-Name 42
God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen 74
The Revenge of the Adolphus 107
The Sergeant's Private Madhouse 138
Virtue in War 152
Marines Signalling under Fire at Guantanamo 178
This Majestic Lie 190
War Memories 229
The Second Generation 309
THE OPEN BOAT AND OTHER STORIES
By Stephen Crane
CONTENTS
Part I
Minor Conflicts
Page
The Open Boat 1
A Man and Some Others 41
The Bride comes to Yellow Sky 65
The Wise Men 85
The Five White Mice 107
Flanagan and His Short
Filibustering Adventure 129
Horses 155
Death and the Child 175
Part II
Midnight Sketches
An Experiment in Misery 211
The Men in the Storm 227
The Dual that was not Fought 239
An Ominous Baby 251
A Great Mistake 259
An Eloquence of Grief 265
The Auction 271
The Pace of Youth 279
A Detail 297
MEN, WOMEN, AND BOATS
By Stephen Crane
Edited With an Introduction by Vincent Starrett
CONTENTS
NOTE
STEPHEN CRANE: AN ESTIMATE
THE OPEN BOAT
THE RELUCTANT VOYAGERS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
THE END OF THE BATTLE
UPTURNED FACE
AN EPISODE OF WAR
AN EXPERIMENT IN MISERY
THE DUEL THAT WAS NOT FOUGHT
A DESERTION
A DARK-BROWN DOG
THE PACE OF YOUTH
A TENT IN AGONY
FOUR MEN IN A CAVE
THE MESMERIC MOUNTAIN
THE SNAKE
LONDON IMPRESSIONS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
THE SCOTCH EXPRESS