Introduction 7
I. O. Henry: The Gift of the Magi 11
II. Booth Tarkington: A Reward of Merit 19
III. Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews: "American, Sir!" 48
IV. Katherine Mayo: John G. 68
V. Myra Kelly: Friends 77
VI. Hamlin Garland: A Camping Trip 97
VII. Dorothy Canfield Fisher: A Thread Without a Knot 114
VIII. Francis Bret Harte: Chu Chu 141
IX. Nathaniel Hawthorne: Feathertop 173
X. Arthur Conan Doyle: The Red-Headed League 203
XI. James Matthew Barrie: The Inconsiderate Waiter 238
XII. Alphonse Daudet: The Siege of Berlin 266
XIII. Selma Lagerlöf: The Silver Mine 276
Notes 295
Suggested Reading List of Short Stories 317
Suggestions for Study 321