Content:

Herman Melville. The Lightning-Rod Man

Francis Bret Harte. Miggles

Ambrose Bierce. The Famous Gilson Bequest

Nathaniel Hawthorne. An Old Woman's Tale

Washington Irving. Rip Van Winkle

Mark Twain. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

Henry James. The Real Thing

O.Henry. Confessions of a Humorist