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- Four in One Westerns ed. Anon. (Garden City, 1924, hc); [CP]
- The Gates of Paradise: The anthology of erotic short fiction ed. Anon. (Potter 0517880504, Oct ’93, 689pp, hc); Contents list from Yahoo Books.
- A Gift of Love ed. Anon. (Pocket 0-671-53662-1, Nov ’95, $20.00, 487pp, hc); [BG]
- A Gift of Love ed. Anon. (Pocket 0-671-53661-3, Nov ’96, $6.99, 426pp, pb, cover by Stan Hunter); [BG]
- Go the Way Your Blood Beats: An anthology of lesbian and gay fiction by African-American writers ed. Anon. (Holt 080504437X, Oct ’96, 544pp, hc); Contents list from Yahoo Books.
- God: An anthology of fiction ed. Anon. (Serpent’s Tail 1852422599, Oct ’92, 248pp, hc); Contents list from Yahoo Books.
- Great American Writers: The Wild West ed. Anon. (Gallery 0-8317-9422-4, 1989, 302pp, hc)
- 7 · The Riders of the Purple Sage · Zane Grey · n., 1912
- 179 · Tennessee’s Partner · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly Oct, 1869
- 185 · The Luck of Roaring Camp · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly Aug, 1868
- 196 · The Caballero’s Way · O. Henry · ss Everybody’s Magazine Jul ’07
- 203 · The Pimienta Pancakes · O. Henry · ss McClure’s Dec ’03
- 209 · A Call Loan · O. Henry · ss Everybody’s Magazine Jul ’03
- 214 · The Last of the Mohicans · James Fenimore Cooper · ex, 1826
- Great Comedies Made into Movies ed. Anon. (Chicago, IL: Royce #143, 1945, pb); [RB]
- Greatest Short Stories: Volume 1, American ed. Anon. (P. F. Collier & Son, 1953, 383+iv, hc); [MW]
- iii · Introduction · Anonymous · ed; general statement about the entire series, with references to specific stories; two pages.
- 5 · Rip Van Winkle · Washington Irving · nv The Sketch Book, 1819
- 33 · The Murders in the Rue Morgue [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine Apr, 1841
- 91 · The Great Stone Face · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss
- 123 · The Lady, or the Tiger? · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Nov, 1882
- 137 · The Diamond Lens · Fitz-James O’Brien · nv Atlantic Monthly Jan, 1858
- 179 · The Man Without a Country · Edward Everett Hale · nv Atlantic Monthly Dec, 1863
- 217 · The Lost Phoebe · Theodore Dreiser · ss The Century Apr ’16
- 247 · Haircut · Ring Lardner · ss Liberty Mar 28 ’25
- 269 · The Man Who Stole a Meeting-House · J. T. Trowbridge · ss, 1872; By permission of Lee & Shepard. From “Coupon Bonds.” Copyright 1872 by James R. Osgood & Co. Copyright 1900, by J. W. Trowbridge.
- 305 · A Ride with a Mad Horse in a Freight-Car · W. H. H. Murray · ss, 1898; Copyright 1898 by William Henry Harrison Murray, Guilford, CT.
- 331 · Balacchi Brothers · Rebecca Harding Davis · ss, 1872; copyright 1872 by J. B. Lippincott & Co.
- 359 · Who Was She? · Bayard Taylor · ss Atlantic Monthly Sep, 1874
- Greatest Short Stories: Volume 2, American ed. Anon. (P. F. Collier & Son, 1953, 381+ii, hc); [MW]
- 5 · An Experiment in Misery · Stephen Crane · ss, 1898; From “Men, Women and Boats,” copyright 1898, 1902, 1906 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
- 23 · The Brigade Commander · J. W. de Forest · nv; By permission of “The New York Times”
- 69 · The Denver Express · A. A. Hayes · ss Belgravia Jan, 1884
- 109 · The Ambitious Guest · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss New England Magazine, 1835
- 125 · My Terminal Moraine · Frank R. Stockton · na Once a Week Apr 26, 1892
- 183 · The Gold Bug · E. A. Poe · nv Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper Jun 21-28, 1843
- 241 · The Damned Thing · Ambrose Bierce · ss Tales from New York Town Topics Dec 7, 1893
- 257 · The Luck of Roaring Camp · Francis Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly Aug, 1868
- 277 · Marjorie Daw · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · ss Atlantic Monthly Apr, 1873
- 311 · They Brought Their Women · Edna Ferber · nv Cosmopolitan Jul ’32
- 345 · Big Blonde · Dorothy Parker · nv The Bookman Feb ’29
- Greatest Short Stories: Volume 3, American ed. Anon. (P. F. Collier & Son, 1953, 384pp, hc); [MW]
- 7 · The Phonograph and the Graft · O. Henry · ss McClure’s Feb ’03
- 27 · Brother Rabbit’s Cradle · Joel Chandler Harris · ss Colliers Nov 12 ’04
- 41 · After the Battle · Joseph A. Altsheler · ss, 1898; Copyright 1898 by J. B. Lippincott & Co.
- 65 · “Many Waters” · Margaret Deland · nv Colliers May 13 ’05
- 109 · “To Make a Hoosier Holiday” · George Ade · ss Colliers Dec 17 ’04
- 131 · A Christmas Present for a Lady · Myra Kelly · ss McClure’s Dec ’02
- 145 · The Outcasts of Poker Flat · Francis Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly Jan, 1869
- 165 · Purple-Eyes · John Luther Long · ss The Century Jul, 1898
- 201 · The Run of the Yellow Mail · Frank H. Spearman · ss McClure’s May ’01
- 227 · Mrs. Protheroe · Booth Tarkington · ss McClure’s Feb ’05
- 267 · Mr. Dooley on the Pursuit of Riches · F. P. Dunne · ss, 1904; Copyright 1904 by McClure, Phillips & Co.
- 275 · The Charge · W. Douglas Newton · ss Pictorial Review Feb ’15
- 291 · Bondage · Leila Burton Wells · ss Harper’s Jan ’15
- 321 · The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County · Mark Twain · ss, 1867
- 333 · Rosemary for Remembrance · Henry Harland · ss, 1898; From “Comedies and errors,” copyright 1898 by John Lane.
- 359 · Such As Walk in Darkness · Samuel Hopkins Adams · ss McClure’s Aug ’02
- 373 · His First Penitent · James Oliver Curwood · ss Munsey’s Aug ’11
- Greatest Short Stories: Volume 4, Foreign ed. Anon. (P. F. Collier & Son, 1953, 382+ii, hc); [MW]
- 5 · Deliverance · Max Nordau; trans. by Euphemia Johnson · ss; Copyright 1896 by The Current Literature Publishing Company
- 21 · The Outlaws · Selma Lagerlöf; trans. by Grace Isabel Colbron · ss, 1907; Copyright 1907 by P. F. Collier & Son.
- 51 · The Duel · Nikolai Dmitrievitch Teleshov; trans. by Lizzie B. Gorin · ss, 1907; Copyright 1907 by P. F. Collier & Son.
- 61 · The Hanging at La Piroche · Alexandre Dumas, fils; trans. by R. W. Howes, 3rd. · ss, 1907; Copyright 1907 by P. F. Collier & Son.
- 83 · The Gray Nun · Nataly von Eschstruth; trans. by Lionel Strachey · ss; from the German, for “Short Stories”
- 107 · The Fête at Coqueville · Émile Zola; trans. by L. G. Meyer · nv, 1907; Copyright 1907 by P. F. Collier & Son.
- 155 · A Work of Art · Anton Pavlovitch Chekhov; trans. by Archibald J. Wolfe · ss Short Stories Jan ’06; Copyright 1905 by The Short Stories Co., Limited.
- 165 · The Bit of String · Guy de Maupassant; trans. by Emar Soule · ss, 1899; Copyright 1899 by The Current Literature Publishing Company.
- 179 · A Scandal in Bohemia [Sherlock Holmes] · A. Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Jul, 1891
- 217 · Love and Bread · Jean August Strindberg · ss, 1907; Copyright 1907 by P. F. Collier & Son.
- 233 · The Suicide Club · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv London Jun-Oct, 1878
- 281 · The Fountain of Youth · Rudolf Baumbach; trans. by Minnie B. Hudson · ss, 1891; Copyright 1891 by The Current Literature Publishing Company.
- 297 · Boless · Maxim Gorky; trans. by Lizzie B. Gorin · ss, 1907; Copyright 1907 by P. F. Collier & Son.
- 309 · The Silver Crucifix · Antonio Fogazzaro; trans. by Lionel Strachey · ss, 1907; Copyright 1907 by P. F. Collier & Son.
- 325 · The Mummy’s Foot · Théophile Gautier; trans. by Lafcadio Hearn · ss One of Cleopatra’s Nights and Other Fantastic Romances, New York: B. Worthington, 1882
- 347 · The End of Candia · Gabriele D’Annunzio; trans. by Frederic Taber Cooper · ss, 1907; Copyright 1907 by P. F. Collier & Son.
- 365 · The Price of a Life · Augustin Eugène Scribe; trans. by Linda de Kowalewska · ss, 1893; Copyright 1893 by The Current Literature Publishing Company.
- Greatest Short Stories: Volume 5, Foreign ed. Anon. (P. F. Collier & Son, 1953, 384pp, hc); [MW]
- 7 · The Queen of Spades · Alexander Sergeievitch Pushkin; trans. by H. Twitchell · ss, 1901; Copyright 1901 by The Current Literature Publishing Company.
- 25 · The Unknown Masterpiece · Honoré de Balzac · nv
- 71 · My Friend the Murderer · A. Conan Doyle · ss
- 103 · The Dead Are Silent · Arthur Schnitzler · ss, 1907; Copyright 1907 by Courtland H. Young.
- 131 · How the Redoubt Was Taken · Prosper Mérimée · ss The Strand Feb, 1891; Copyright 1896 by The Current Literature Publishing Company.
- 141 · The Slanderer · Anton Pavlovitch Chekhov; trans. by Herman Bernstein · ss, 1901; Copyright 1901 by The Globe and Commercial Advertiser.
- 149 · The Necklace · Guy de Maupassant; trans. by Mathilde Weissenhorn · ss, 1898; Copyright 1898 by The Current Literature Publishing Company.
- 165 · Putois · Anatole France; trans. by William Patten · ss, 1907; Copyright 1907 by P. F. Collier & Son.
- 187 · The Courting of T’Nowhead’s Bell · James Matthew Barrie · ss
- 219 · The Roll-Call of the Reef · A. T. Quiller-Couch · ss The Idler Jun, 1895
- 247 · The Rendezvous · Ivan Turgenev; trans. by Herman Bernstein · ss, 1907; Copyright 1907 by P. F. Collier & Son.
- 265 · A Bal Masqué · Alexandre Davy de la Pailleterie Dumas; trans. by R. W. Howes, 3rd. · ss, 1907; Copyright 1907 by P. F. Collier & Son.
- 281 · Valia · Leonid Andreiev; trans. by Lizzie B. Gorin · ss, 1907; Copyright 1907 by P. F. Collier & Son.
- 303 · The Lost Child · François Edouard Joachim Coppée; trans. by J. Matthewman · ss, 1894; Copyright 1894 by The Current Literature Publishing Company.
- 329 · The Man Who Would Be King · Rudyard Kipling · nv The Phantom Rickshaw, Allahabad: Wheeler, 1888
- Greatest Short Stories: Volume 6, Foreign ed. Anon. (P. F. Collier & Son, 1953, 382+ii, hc); [MW]
- 5 · The Accursed House · Émile Gaboriau; trans. by E. C. Waggener · ss, 1891; Copyright 1891 by The Current Literature Publishing Company.
- 17 · The Cloak · Nikolai Vasilevitch Gogol · na Short Stories Aug, 1891
- 67 · Cavalleria Rusticana · Giovanni Verga; trans. by Frederic Taber Cooper · ss, 1907; Copyright 1907 by P. F. Collier & Son.
- 79 · Railroad and Churchyard · Björnstjerne Björnson; trans. by Rasmus R. Anderson · nv, 1882; Copyright 1882 by Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
- 119 · The Vendean Marriage · Jules Gabriel Janin; trans. by Jane G. Cooke · ss, 1899; Copyright 1899 by The Current Literature Publishing Company.
- 139 · The Young Girl of Treppi · Paul Johann Ludwig Heyse · na
- 199 · The Sire De Maletroit’s Door · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Temple Bar Jan, 1878
- 235 · The Thief · Feodor Mikailovitch Dostoievski; trans. by Lizzie B. Gorin · ss, 1907; Copyright 1907 by P. F. Collier & Son.
- 267 · Thou Shalt Not Kill · Léopold von Sacher-Masoch; trans. by Harriet Lieber Cohen · ss; Copyrighted by Harriet Lieber Cohen.
- 277 · The Beauty Spot · Alfred Louis Charles de Musset · nv
- 333 · A New-Year’s Eve Confession · Hermann Sudermann; trans. by Grace Isabel Colbron · ss
- 345 · The Red Room · H. G. Wells · ss The Idler Mar, 1896
- 363 · The Long Exile · Count Leo Nikolaievitch Tolstoi; trans. by Nathan Haskell Dole · ss, 1888; Copyright 1888 by Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.
- 377 · Index of Titles · Misc. · ix
- 380 · Index of Authors · Misc. · ix
- Great Short Stories for Your Reading Pleasure ed. Anon. (Chicago, IL: Royce #106, 1943, pb); [RB]
- Help Wanted—Angel! ed. Anon. (Silhouette 0-373-20118-4, Dec ’95, $5.50, 584pp, pb); [BG]
- Here’s Reading You’ll Enjoy ed. Anon. (Chicago, IL: Royce #111, 1944, pb); [RB]
- The Hilton Bedside Book ed. Anon. (Hilton Hotels Corporation: Chicago, IL, 1952, 254pp, hc); A treasury of entertaining reading. Selected exclusively for the guests of the Hilton Hotels.
- 13- 29 · The Most Dangerous Game · Richard Connell · nv Colliers Jan 19 ’24
- 30- 36 · Jeff Peters As a Personal Magnet [Jeff Peters] · O. Henry · ss The Gentle Grafter, McClure, 1908
- 37- 53 · Blackmail · Allan Vaughan Elston · ss The American Magazine Dec ’49
- 54- 63 · Sense of Humor · Damon Runyon · ss Cosmopolitan Sep ’34
- 64- 83 · Uncle Fred Flits By · P. G. Wodehouse · nv The Red Book Magazine Jul ’35
- 84- 99 · Summit of the World: The Fight for Everest · James R. Ullman · ar
- 100-112 · The Two-Gun Man · Steward Edward White · ss Colliers Apr 15 ’05
- 113-116 · Moonlight Sonata · Alexander Woollcott · ts New Yorker Oct 3 ’31
- 117-132 · Mister Million · Hannibal Coons · ss
- 133-153 · The Adventure of the Invisible Lover [“Four Men Loved a Woman”; Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Mystery Sep ’34
- 154-171 · Baby in the Icebox · James M. Cain · ss The American Mercury Jan ’33
- 172-186 · The Mock Governor · Max Shulman · ss
- 187-199 · The Price of the Head · John Russell · ss Colliers May 20 ’16
- 200-208 · Wine on the Desert · Max Brand · ss This Week Jun 7 ’36
- 209-217 · The Lure of the Limerick · Louis Untermeyer · ar
- 218-234 · Remember the Night · Day Keene · ss Argosy, 1949
- 235-242 · The Skipper’s Pink Panties · William J. Lederer · ss
- 243-254 · Mouse · Fredric Brown · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Jun ’49
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