CONTENTS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION I
THE FIRST CHRISTMAS TREE
A FRENCH TAR-BABY
SONNY'S CHRISTENIN'
CHRISTMAS NIGHT WITH SATAN
A NEST-EGG
WEE WILLIE WINKIE
THE GOLD BUG
THE RANSOM OF RED CHIEF
THE FRESHMAN FULL-BACK
GALLEGHER
THE JUMPING FROG
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
A MESSENGER
MARKHEIM
FOOTNOTES:
EDITED
WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES
BY
ROSA M. R. MIKELS
SHORTRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
Copyright, 1915, by CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
