Selections from the world's greatest short stories ; illustrative of the history of short story writing / with critical and historical comments by Sherwin Cody.
| Author/creator | Cody, Sherwin |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Chicago : A.C. McClurg & Company, 1902. |
| Description | [9]-412 pages ; 19 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Patient Griselda, from the "Decameron" of Boccaccio. Rewritten in English by the editor.--Aladdin, or The wonderful lamp, from "The Arabian nights".--Rip Van Winkle, by Washington Irving.--A passion in the desert, by Honoré de Balzac. Rewritten in English by the editor.--A child's dream of a star, by Charles Dickens.--A Christmas carol, by Charles Dickens.--A princess's tragedy, from "Barry Lyndon", by W.M. Thackeray.--The gold-bug, by Edgar Allan Poe.--The great stone face, by Nathaniel Hawthorne.--The necklace, and The string, by Guy de Maupassant. Rewritten in English by the editor.--The man who would be king, by Ruyard Kipling.--How Gavin Birse put it to Mag Lownie, from "A window in Thrums", by J.M. Barrie.--On the stairs, from "Tales of mean streets", by Arthur Morrison. |
| General note | Title page lacking. |
| General note | Cover title: World's greatest short stories. |
| Other title | World's greatest short stories. |
| LCCN | 02016453 |