A WEDDING WITHOUT MUSICIANS＆SHOLEM ALEICHEM 1
HE SWUNG AND HE MISSED＆NELSON ALGREN 5
SENOR PAYROLL＆WILLIAM E．BARRETT 12
HOUSEPARTY＆WALTER BERNSTEIN 16
HOW LIGHT BELIEF BRINGETH DAMAGE＆BIDPAI 18
A PSYCHOLOGICAL SHIPWRECK＆AMBROSE BIERCE 20
THE FATHER＆BJORNSTJERNE BJORNSON 24
NEIFILE＇S STORY＆BOCCACCIO 27
I SEE YOU NEVER＆RAY BRADBURY 29
THE LOTTERY TICKET＆VENTURA GARCIA CALDERON 32
DAUGHTER＆ERSKINE CALDWELL 35
A WICKED BOY＆ANTON CHEKHOV 40
LUCK＆SAMUEL CLEMENS 42
THE CHASER＆JOHN COLLIER 46
THE UPTURNED FACE＆STEPHEN CRANE 49
A GAME OF BILLIARDS＆ALPHONSE DAUDET 53
FEAR＆RHYS DAVIES 57
THE RIDDLE＆WALTER DE LA MARE 61
THE JEWELS OF M．LANTIN＆GUY DE MAUPASSANT 65
THE HEAVENLY CHRISTMAS TREE＆FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY 71
THE GHOSTS＆LORD DUNSANY 75
THE SCOOP＆JAMES T．FARRELL 79
THE BEDCHAMBER MYSTERY＆C．S．FORESTER 82
MR．ANDREWS＆E．M．FORSTER 86
THE TEST＆ANGELICA GIBBS 90
TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCES＆BRENDAN GILL 93
THE DISABLED SOLDIER＆OLIVER GOLDSMITH 97
VIRTUOSO＆HERBERT GOLDSTONE 101
HER LOVER＆MAXIM GORKY 107
PROOF POSITIVE＆GRAHAM GREENE 113
THE BUTTERFLY＆JAMES HANLEY 116
ABSENT-MINDEDNESS IN A PARISH CHOIR＆THOMAS HARDY 120
THE HOLLOW OF THE THREE HILLS＆NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE 123
A QUESTION OF BLOOD＆ERNEST HAYCOX 127
THE BOY WHO DREW CATS＆LAFCADIO HEARN 131
THE LOST SOUL＆BEN HECHT 134
THE EXACT SCIENCE OF MATRIMONY＆O．HENRY 138
FARD＆ALDOUS HUXLEY 144
THE WIFE＆WASHINGTON IRVING 149
CHARLES＆SHIRLEY JACKSON 156
THEN CAME THE LEGIONS＆MACKINLAY KANTOR 160
IF NOT HIGHER＆ISAAC LOEB PEREZ 164
THE WILD DUCK＇S NEST＆MICHAEL MCLAVERTY 167
A TOAST TO CAPTAIN JERK＆RUSSELL MALONEY 171
GERMANS AT MEAT＆KATHERINE MANSFIELD 174
BORN OF MAN AND WOMAN＆RICHARD MATHESON 177
THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER＆SOMERSET MAUGHAM 180
THE GUARDIAN ANGEL＆ANDRE MAUROIS 184
THE FIDDLER＆HERMAN MELVILLE 189
THE PEARL OF TOLEDO＆PROSPER MERIMEE 195
THE SNIPER＆LIAM O＇FLAHERTY 197
THE CRIME ON CALLE DE LA PERSEQUIDA＆PALACIO VALDES 201
HOW THE DEVIL LOST HIS PONCHO＆RICARDO PALMA 206
THE STANDARD OF LIVING＆DOROTHY PARKER 209
THE OVAL PORTRAIT＆EDGAR ALLAN POE 214
THREE LETTERS．．．AND A FOOTNOTE＆HORACIO QUIROGA 218
A DANGEROUS GUY INDEED＆DAMON RUNYON 221
REGINALD＇S CHOIR TREAT＆SAKI 224
THE KISS＆WILLIAM SANSOM 227
THE SHEPHERD＇S DAUGHTER＆WILLIAM SAROYAN 230
THE FOREIGNER＆FRANCIS STEEGMULLER 232
TOM VARNISH＆RICHARD STEELE 236
OVER THE HILL＆JOHN STEINBECK 238
AN ATTEMPT AT REFORM＆AUGUST STRINDBERG 240
THE THREE HERMITS＆LEO TOLSTOY 243
THE DOCTOR＇S HEROISM＆VILLIERS DE L＇ISLE-ADAM 249
THE BEGGAR-WOMAN OF LOCARNO＆HEINRICH VON KLEIST 253
THE PHOENIX＆SYLVIA TOWNSEND WARNER 255
SLIPPING BEAUTY＆JEROME WEIDMAN 259
THE HOUR OF LETDOWN＆E．B．WHITE 263
MOONLIGHT SONATA＆ALEXANDER WOOLLCOTT 267
GOD＆EUGENE IVANOVICH ZAMIATIN 270
HOW GRANDPA CAME INTO THE MONEY＆ELSA ZANTNER 272
THE THREE VETERANS＆LEANE ZUGSMITH 275
KONG AT THE SEASIDE＆ARNOLD ZWEIG 278