A Pocket Book of Short Stories ed. M. Edmund Speare (Washington Square Press, February 1970, 671-46443-4, 60¢, 336pp, pb)
Reissue (Washington Square Press, Jan ’41).
- ix · Introduction · M. Edmund Speare · in (r)
- 1 · The Killers [Nick Adams] · Ernest Hemingway · ss Scribner’s Magazine March 1927
- 11 · The Devil and Daniel Webster · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 24 1936
- 26 · Big Blonde · Dorothy Parker · nv The Bookman February 1929
- 49 · Paul’s Case · Willa Cather · nv McClure’s Magazine May 1905
- 70 · Seeds · Sherwood Anderson · ss 1921
- 78 · Bliss · Katherine Mansfield · ss The English Review August 1918
- 91 · Disorder and Early Sorrow · Thomas Mann · nv The Dial October 1926 (+1)
translated from the German.
- 124 · Rain · W. Somerset Maugham · nv The Smart Set April 1921, as “Miss Thompson”
- 165 · Haircut · Ring Lardner · ss Liberty March 28 1925
- 176 · The Gentleman from San Francisco · Ivan Bunin · nv The Dial January 1922
- 200 · Tobermory [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · ss The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki, John Lane, 1911
revised from the original (Westminster Gazette, November 27, 1909) to feature Clovis rather than Bertie van Tahn.
- 208 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902
- 219 · A Municipal Report · O. Henry · ss Hampton’s Magazine November 1909
- 235 · The Darling · Anton P. Chekhov · ss 1925
- 248 · A Lodging for the Night · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Temple Bar October 1877
- 268 · The Necklace · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r)
translated from the French (“La Parure”, Le Gaulois, Feb 17, 1884).
- 276 · The Procurator of Judæa · Anatole France; translated by Frederic Chapman · ss (r)
- 290 · The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County · Mark Twain · ss The Californian December 16 1865
revised from “Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog” (The New York Saturday Press, November 18, 1865).
- 297 · The Luck of Roaring Camp · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly August 1868
- 308 · God Sees the Truth, But Waits · Leo N. Tolstoi · ss 1917
- 316 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846
- 323 · A Passion in the Desert · Honoré de Balzac; translated by Count Stenbock · ss Shorter Stories from Balzac by Honoré de Balzac, Walter Scott, 1890
translated from the French (“Une Passion dans le Désert”, 1830).
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