PREFACE

INTRODUCTION I REQUIREMENTS OF THE SHORT STORY

HOW THIS BOOK MAY BE USED

INTRODUCTION

THE FIRST CHRISTMAS TREE

II THE TRAIL THROUGH THE FOREST

III THE SHADOW OF THE THUNDER-OAK

IV THE FELLING OF THE TREE

A FRENCH TAR-BABY

SONNY'S CHRISTENIN'

CHRISTMAS NIGHT WITH SATAN

A NEST-EGG

WEE WILLIE WINKIE "AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN."

THE GOLD BUG

THE RANSOM OF RED CHIEF

THE FRESHMAN FULL-BACK

GALLEGHER

THE LADY OR THE TIGER

THE OUTCASTS OF POKER FLAT

THE REVOLT OF "MOTHER"

MARSE CHAN

"POSSON JONE'"

OUR AROMATIC UNCLE

QUALITY

THE TRIUMPH OF NIGHT

II

III

IV

V

A MESSENGER

MARKHEIM

Title: Short Stories for English Courses

Author: Various (Rosa M. R. Mikels ed.)

Edition: 10

Language: English

Produced by Robert Rowe, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

SHORT STORIES FOR ENGLISH COURSES

EDITED WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES

BY ROSA M. R. MIKELS

SHORTRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, INDIANAPOLIS, IND.

CONTENTS

PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SHORT STORY
HOW THIS BOOK MAY BE USED
THE FIRST CHRISTMAS-TREE Henry van Dyke
A FRENCH TAR-BABY Joel Chandler Harris
SONNY'S CHRISTENIN' Ruth McEnery Stuart
CHRISTMAS NIGHT WITH SATAN John Fox, Jr.
A NEST-EGG James Whitcomb Riley
WEE WILLIE WINKIE Rudyard Kipling
THE GOLD BUG Edgar Allan Poe
THE RANSOM OF RED CHIEF O. Henry
THE FRESHMAN FULL-BACK Ralph D. Paine
GALLEGHER Richard Harding Davis
THE JUMPING FROG Mark Twain
THE LADY OR THE TIGER? Frank R. Stockton
THE OUTCASTS OF POKER FLAT Francis Bret Harte
THE REVOLT OF MOTHER Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
MARSE CHAN Thomas Nelson Page
"POSSON JONE'" George W. Cable
OUR AROMATIC UNCLE Henry Cuyler Bunner
QUALITY John Galsworthy
THE TRIUMPH OF NIGHT Edith Wharton
A MESSENGER Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
MARKHEIM Robert Louis Stevenson.