The World’s Shortest Stories ed. Richard Gibson Hubler (Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1961, LC:61-8604, xvi+268pp, hc, an)
- ix · Editor’s Note · Richard G. Hubler · pr
- 3 · Tale Told in Destiny Bay · Donn Byrne · vi (r)
- 4 · Vanka · Anton Chekov · ss The Short Stories of Anton Chekov by Anton Chekov, Modern Library, 1932
translated from the Russian.
- 8 · The Lost Soul · Jesus Christ · vi (r)
- 9 · The Great Weep · Saki · vi (r)
- 12 · The Doer of Good · Oscar Wilde · pp The Fortnightly Review July 1894
- 14 · An Imperfect Conflagration · Ambrose Bierce · vi The Wasp March 27 1886
- 18 · Ali the Persian · [uncredited] · vi from 1001 Nights (r)
- 22 · The Artful Wrestler · Sadi of Shiraz · vi (r)
- 24 · The Braying Contest · Miguel de Cervantes · vi (r)
- 28 · Poet and Mistress · Laurence Housman · vi (r)
- 30 · A Practical Joke · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the French (“La farce (Mémoires d’un farceur)”, Gil Blas, December 18, 1883 as by Maufrigneuse).
- 32 · John Hancock Otis · Edgar Lee Masters · pm Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters, Macmillan & Co., 1915
- 33 · The Drunk Pony · Jerome K. Jerome · vi (r)
- 37 · Eclipse in Egypt · Dionysius · vi (r)
- 38 · Miss Cubbidge and the Dragon · Lord Dunsany · ss The Sketch March 8 1911
- 41 · The Will of Charles Lounsbury · Williston Fish · vi Harper’s Weekly September 3 1898
- 44 · Abu Hasan · [uncredited] · vi from 1001 Nights (r)
- 46 · William Smith · Jerome K. Jerome · vi (r)
- 49 · The Dream of King Karna-Vootra · Lord Dunsany · vi The Smart Set April 1915
- 51 · The Slave’s Request · Sadi of Shiraz · vi (r)
- 52 · Exodus · [uncredited] · vi from Lysimachus (r)
- 54 · The Buttermachine · Ludwig Bemelmans · vi My War with the United States by Ludwig Bemelmans, Viking, 1937
- 57 · Charon · Lord Dunsany · pp Saturday Review (UK) August 20 1910
- 59 · Elsa Wertman · Edgar Lee Masters · pm Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters, Macmillan & Co., 1915
- 60 · Captain Morgan and the Beautiful Lady · Jan Esquemeling · vi (r)
- 64 · The Simpleton and the Sharper · [uncredited] · vi from 1001 Nights (r)
- 66 · The Stampeding of Lady Bastable [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · vi The Daily Mail November 5 1910, as “A Modern Boy”
- 70 · The Officer and the Thug · Ambrose Bierce · vi Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce, Putnam's, 1899
- 71 · The Opening of the Chamber · Robert W. Chambers · vi (r)
- 75 · The Suspicion · Paul Gauguin; translated by O. F. Theis · ex from Noa Noa, Nicholas L. Brown, 1919
translated from the French.
- 77 · Silence · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Baltimore Book, a Christmas and New Year’s Present ed. W. H. Carpenter & T. S. Arthur, Bayly & Burns, 1838, as “Siope—A Fable”
- 81 · What They Talked About · Kenneth Grahame · vi (r)
- 85 · After Theatre · Anton Chekov · vi The Short Stories of Anton Chekov by Anton Chekov, Modern Library, 1932
translated from the Russian.
- 88 · The Man and the Dish of Gold · [uncredited] · vi from 1001 Nights (r)
- 91 · The Journey of Doctor Obnubile · Anatole France · vi (r)
- 96 · The Story of Muhammad Din · Rudyard Kipling · vi The Civil and Military Gazette September 8 1886
- 99 · Highway Exploit · Alain René Le Sage · vi (r)
- 102 · Porphyria’s Lover · Robert Browning · pm Monthly Repository January 1836, as “Porphyria”
- 104 · Taking Up Piccadilly · Lord Dunsany · vi Saturday Review (UK) August 30 1913
- 105 · The People of Tao-Chou · Po Chu-i; translated by Arthur Waley · pm Translations from the Chinese ed. & tr. Arthur Waley, Alfred A. Knopf, 1941
translated from the Chinese.
- 107 · The First Fable · Giovanni Francesco Straparola · vi (r)
- 110 · Master Teng-Tu · Sung Yu; translated by Arthur Waley · vi Translations from the Chinese ed. & tr. Arthur Waley, Alfred A. Knopf, 1941
translated from the Chinese.
- 112 · October and June · O. Henry · vi Ainslee’s Magazine June 1903, as by S. H. Peters
- 115 · A Second Trip to the Moon · Rudolph Raspe · vi (r)
- 119 · Schweik Is Ejected from the Lunatic Asylum · Jaroslav Hašek · vi (r)
- 122 · Momotaro · [uncredited] · vi (r)
- 124 · Stories I Have Tried to Write · M. R. James · ar The Touchstone November 30 1929
- 127 · The Fortunate Islands · Ernest Dowson · pp Decorations: in Verse and Prose by Ernest Dowson, L. Smithers, 1899
- 128 · What Happens on Saturn · Oliver Wendell Holmes · vi (r)
- 132 · The Career of Captain Murderer · Charles Dickens · vi (r)
- 135 · On Galla · Martial · vi (r)
- 136 · Papago Wedding · Mary Austin · vi The American Mercury September 1925
- 139 · The Three Prophets · Voltaire · vi (r)
- 141 · The City Coat of Arms · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · vi The Great Wall of China by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Martin Secker, 1933
translated from the German (“Das Stadtwappen”, Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer, Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1931).
- 143 · The Model · Jacob Wasserman; translated by Ludwig Lewisohn · ex from The World’s Illusion, Harcourt Brace, 1920
translated from the German.
- 146 · The Fifth Fable · Giovanni Francesco Straparola · vi (r)
- 148 · The Judge’s “Spirited Woman” · Mark Twain · vi (r)
- 150 · Hearts and Hands · O. Henry · vi Everybody’s Magazine December 1902, as by Sydney Porter
- 153 · Nyarlathotep [Fungi from Yuggoth] · H. P. Lovecraft · pm Weird Tales January 1931
- 157 · The Buggane and the Tailor · Dora Broome · vi Fairy Tales from the Isle of Man by Dora Broome, Puffin, 1951
- 159 · The Story of the Emergence · Hasteen Klah · vi Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art, 1942
- 161 · The Lady of Ephesus · Petronius · vi (r)
- 164 · The Dog and the Horse · Voltaire · ex from Zadig; or, The Book of Fate, Romances, Tales and Smaller Pieces of M. De Voltaire by Voltaire, Dodsley, 1794
translated from the French (“Zadig ou la Destinée”, 1747).
- 167 · The Countess Kathleen O’Shea · [uncredited] · vi (r); collected by W. B. Yeats.
- 171 · Of the Millennium · Isak Dinesen · ex from Out of Africa, as by Karen Blixen, Random House, 1938, as by Karen Blixen
- 172 · Fundevogel · The Brothers Grimm · vi (r)
- 175 · The Thing at Ghent · Honoré de Balzac · vi (r)
- 177 · First Interview with Artemus Ward · Mark Twain · vi Mark Twain’s Sketches, New and Old by Mark Twain, American Pub. Co., 1875
- 181 · The Parrot · Isak Dinesen · ex from Out of Africa, as by Karen Blixen, Random House, 1938, as by Karen Blixen
- 182 · The Stag and the Monkey · Zanga Coulibaly · vi (r)
- 183 · My Neighbor · Franz Kafka · vi (r)
- 185 · The Naked Boy · Meister Eckhart; translated by Raymond Bernard Blakney · vi from Meister Eckhart, Harper & Row, 1941
translated from the German.
- 186 · Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, and the Tar-Baby · Joel Chandler Harris · vi (r)
- 188 · King Rhampsinitus · Herodotus; translated by Henry Rawlinsin · ex from Greek Historians, Random House, 1942
- 192 · The Hero · Rabindranath Tagore · vi The Crescent Moon by Rabindranath Tagore, Macmillan, 1913
- 194 · Bel and the Dragon · [uncredited] · vi from The Apocrypha (r)
- 196 · A Woman’s Wiles · Giovanni Boccaccio · vi from The Decameron, 1886
translated from the Italian (Decamerone, 1353).
- 199 · Something in It · Robert Louis Stevenson · vi Longman’s Magazine September 1895
- 202 · The Vow · Antipater · vi (r)
- 203 · Thinking About [Hyman Kaplan] · Leonard Q. Ross · ex from “Mr. K*A*P*L*A*N Cuts a Gordian Knot”, The New Yorker February 6 1937; given as by Hyman Kaplan.
- 205 · Am I Insane? · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the French (“Fou?”, Gil Blas, August 23, 1882 as by Maufrigneuse).
- 208 · Staley Fleming’s Hallucination · Ambrose Bierce · vi Cosmopolitan Magazine March 1906
- 211 · Death and Odysseus · Lord Dunsany · vi Saturday Review (UK) May 21 1910
- 212 · The Easter Egg · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette April 15 1911
- 216 · Conversation Piece · Confucius · vi from The Wisdom of Confucius, Modern Library, 1943
- 218 · The Husband and the Parrot · [uncredited] · vi from 1001 Nights (r)
- 220 · The Last Bargain · Rabindranath Tagore · vi The Crescent Moon by Rabindranath Tagore, Macmillan, 1913
- 221 · The Prisoner of Zembla · O. Henry · ss The Rolling Stone 1894
- 223 · A Lucky Burglar · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the French (“Le Voleur”, Gil Blas, June 21, 1882 as by Maufrigneuse).
- 227 · The Guest · Lord Dunsany · vi Saturday Review (UK) May 21 1910
- 229 · The Drop of Honey · [uncredited] · vi from 1001 Nights (r)
- 230 · Epigram · Jonathan Swift · pm (r)
- 231 · Legend of Hamilton Tighe · Thomas Ingoldsby · pm Bentley’s Miscellany March 1837, as by Richard Barham
- 235 · The Daemon Lover · [uncredited] · pm from The Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, 1765
- 237 · The Bowmen · Arthur Machen · vi The (London) Evening News September 29 1914
- 241 · The Lion-Maker · [uncredited] · vi (r)
translated from the Sanskrit (The Panchatantra, ca. 200 B.C.).
- 243 · The Fortunate High-Born Count · James Sprenger & Henry Kramer · vi (r)
- 245 · Of Terror · [uncredited] · vi from The Gesta Romanorum (r)
translated from the Latin.
- 247 · Of Concord · [uncredited] · vi from The Gesta Romanorum (r)
translated from the Latin.
- 249 · Slow, the Weaver · [uncredited] · vi (r)
translated from the Sanskrit (The Panchatantra, ca. 200 B.C.).
- 251 · The Unfortunate Coppersmith · Petronius · vi (r)
- 252 · Remembrance · Buson · pm (r)
- 253 · The Priest, the Shopkeeper, and the Knave · Desiderius Erasmus · vi (r)
- 254 · In Rosenborg Park · Herman Bang; translated by Jacob Wittmer Hartmann · vi The American-Scandinavian Review March 1914
- 255 · Lamia · Philostratus; translated by Robert Burton · vi (r)
- 256 · November · Gustave Flaubert · vi (r)
- 259 · Little Red Riding Hood · Charles Perrault · vi (r)
translated from the French (“Le Petit Chaperon rouge”, Histoires ou Contes du temps passé, Paris, 1697).
- 261 · A Note on Names · [uncredited] · ms
- 264 · Index of Authors (with sources) · [uncredited] · ix
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