CONTENTS 1
Rip Van Winkle(Washington Irving) 1
David Swan (Nathaniel Hawthorne) 29
His Wife's Deceased Sister (Richard Stockton) 41
Is He Living or Is He Dead?(Mark Twain) 59
The Outcasts of Poker Flat (Francis Bret Harte) 76
Under the Lion's Paw (Hamlin Garland) 95
The Cop and The Anthem (O.Henry) 119
A Story of Stories (Theodore Dreiser) 133
An Experiment in Misery (Stephen Crane) 175
A Piece of Steak (Jack London) 194
Fifty Grand(Ernest Hemingway) 225
One Friday Morning(Langston Hughes) 265
The End of Christy Tucker(Erskine Caldwell) 281
My Christmas Carol(Budd Schulberg) 292
His Best Girl(Martin Abzug) 308