Includes bibliographical references and index.

The two drovers / Sir W. Scott -- The birthmark / N. Hawthorne -- The fall of the House of Usher / E.A. Poe -- The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County / M. Twain -- The Iliad of Sandy Bar / B. Harte -- The coup de grace / A. Bierce -- Paste / H. James -- Thrawn Janet / R.L. Stevenson -- The secret sharer / J. Conrad -- The record of Badalia Herodsfoot -- R. Kipling -- Telemachus, friend / O. Henry -- Sredni Vashtar / H.H. Munro -- The open boat / S. Crane -- An ideal craftsman / W. De La Mare -- An official position / W.S. Maugham -- I want to know why / S. Anderson -- The field of mustard / A.E. Coppard -- Grace / J. Joyce -- The rocking-horse winner / D.H. Lawrence -- Who dealt / R. Lardner -- The woman at the store / K. Mansfield -- Flowering Judas / K.A. Porter -- The tent / L. O'Flaherty -- Dry September / W. Faulkner -- Hills like white elephants / E. Hemingway -- The demon lover / E. Bowen -- Many are disappointed / V.S. Pritchett -- Sinners / S. O'Faolain -- Guests of the nation / F. O'Connor -- The runaway / M. Callaghan -- Never / H.E. Bates -- A horse and two goats / R.K. Narayan -- A visit of charity / E. Welty -- Various temptations / W. Sansom -- My vocation / M. Larvin -- Five-twenty / P. White -- Goodbye, my brother / J. Cheever -- Mrs. Fortwscue / D. Lessing -- Parker's back / F. O'Connor -- Going home / W. Trevor -- Lifeguard / J. Updike.

Wilson's Senior High School

Booklist

Wilson's Fiction

Presents a collection of forty short stories covering a period from the early nineteenth century to the present.

Young Adult