| Edition |
Modern Library ed. |
| Description |
xii, 340 p. ; 20 cm. |
| Contents |
The gift of the Magi -- A cosmopolite in a café -- Man about town -- The cop and the anthem -- The love-philtre of Ikey Schoenstein -- Mammon and the archer -- Springtime à la carte -- From the cabby's seat -- An unfinished story -- The romance of a busy broker -- The furnished room -- Roads of destiny -- The enchanted profile -- The passing of Black Eagle -- A retrieved reformation -- The renaissance at Charleroi -- Shoes -- Ships -- The hiding of Black Bill -- The duplicity of Hargraves -- The ransom of Red Chief -- The merry month of May -- The whirligig of life -- A blackjack bargainer -- A lickpenny lover -- The defeat of the city -- Squaring the circle -- Transients in Arcadia -- The trimmed lamp -- The pendulum -- Two Thanksgiving Day gentlemen -- The making of a New Yorker -- The lost blend -- A Harlem tragedy -- A midsummer knight's dream -- The last leaf -- The count and the wedding guest -- A municipal report. |
| Note |
Also issued online. |
| Summary |
Contains thirty-eight stories from the author's mellow, humorous, and ironic moods. |
| Local Note |
OCLS Core Collection |
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OCLS Core Collection lk note |
| Genre |
Short stories.
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| Subject |
United States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
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Short stories, American.
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Short stories.
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| Added Title |
Selections. 1994
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| ISBN |
0679601228 (recycled acid-free paper) : $22.95 |
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9780679601227 (recycled acid-free paper) |
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