This collection is a short-story lover's dream. Included are 17 classic works, representing the finest writers of the genre. This volume contains:

• "Bartleby the Scrivener" by Herman Melville
• "The One Million Pound Bank Note" by Mark Twain
• "The Blue Hotel" by Stephen Crane
• "The Minister's Black Veil" and "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• "The Princess and the Puma" by O. Henry
• "Under the Lion's Paw" by Hamlin Garland
• "Love of Life" and "The Law of Life" by Jack London
• "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and "A Horseman in the Sky" by Ambrose Bierce
• "Paul's Case" by Willa Cather
• "The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe
• "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "The Adventure of the Mason" by Washington Irving
• "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" and "Tennessee's Partner" by Bret Harte.