THE OPEN BOAT

A MAN AND SOME OTHERS

THE BRIDE COMES TO YELLOW SKY

THE WISE MEN

THE FIVE WHITE MICE

FLANAGAN AND HIS SHORT FILIBUSTERING ADVENTURE

HORSES

DEATH AND THE CHILD

AN EXPERIMENT IN MISERY

THE MEN IN THE STORM

THE DUEL THAT WAS NOT FOUGHT

AN OMINOUS BABY

A GREAT MISTAKE

AN ELOQUENCE OF GRIEF

THE AUCTION

THE PACE OF YOUTH

A DETAIL

Title: The Open Boat and Other Stories

Author: Stephen Crane

Language: English

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The Open Boat

and Other Stories

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New Novels for 1898

Crown 8vo, price 6s. each

DREAMERS OF THE GHETTO By I. ZANGWILL

THE SCOURGE-STICK By MRS. CAMPBELL PRAED

THE LONDONERS By ROBERT HICHENS

THE WAR OF THE WORLDS By H. G. WELLS

THE FOURTH NAPOLEON By CHARLES BENHAM

THE TRIUMPH OF DEATH By GABRIELE D'ANNUNZIO

THE MINISTER OF STATE By J. A. STEUART

CLEO THE MAGNIFICENT By Z. Z.

THE BROOM OF THE WAR-GOD By H. N. BRAILSFORD

THE LINE OF WINE By BERNARD CAPES

GOD'S FOUNDLING By A. J. DAWSON

EZEKIEL'S SIN By J. A. PEARCE

LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN

21 Bedford Street, W.C.

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The Open Boat
and Other Stories

By

Stephen Crane

Author of
"The Red Badge of Courage," "The Little Regiment,"
"The Third Violet," etc.

London

William Heineman

1898

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All rights reserved

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To the Memory of

THE LATE WILLIAM HIGGINS

and to

CAPTAIN EDWARD MURPHY

and

STEWARD C. B. MONTGOMERY

Of the sunk Steamer 'Commodore.'

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Contents

Part I Minor Conflicts
Page
The Open Boat	1
A Man and Some Others	41
The Bride comes to Yellow Sky	65
The Wise Men	85
The Five White Mice	107
Flanagan and His Short     Filibustering Adventure	129
Horses	155
Death and the Child	175
Part II Midnight Sketches
An Experiment in Misery	211
The Men in the Storm	227
The Dual that was not Fought	239
An Ominous Baby	251
A Great Mistake	259
An Eloquence of Grief	265
The Auction	271
The Pace of Youth	279
A Detail	297

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Part I

Minor Conflicts

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