STEPHEN CRANE

Author of
"RED BADGE OF COURAGE," "ACTIVE SERVICE," "PICTURES OF WAR,"
"THE THIRD VIOLET," "THE OPEN BOAT,"
"WOUNDS IN THE RAIN," ETC.

London
DIGBY, LONG & CO.
18 Bouverie Street, Fleet Street, E. C.
1902

CONTENTS

PAGE
THE RELUCTANT VOYAGERS[1]
SPITZBERGEN TALES—
THE KICKING TWELFTH[35]
THE UPTURNED FACE[52]
THE SHRAPNEL OF THEIR FRIENDS[59]
"AND IF HE WILLS, WE MUST DIE"[69]
WYOMING VALLEY TALES—
THE SURRENDER OF FORTY FORT[81]
"OL' BENNET" AND THE INDIANS[88]
THE BATTLE OF FORTY FORT[99]
London Impressions[110]
NEW YORK SKETCHES—
GREAT-GRIEF'S HOLIDAY DINNER[133]
THE SILVER PAGEANT[145]
A STREET SCENE[148]
MINETTA LANE[154]
ROOF GARDENS[166]
IN THE BROADWAY CARS[173]
The Assassins in Modern Battles[181]
IRISH NOTES—
AN OLD MAN GOES WOOING[193]
BALLYDEHOB[198]
THE ROYAL IRISH CONSTABULARY[203]
A FISHING VILLAGE[207]
SULLIVAN COUNTY SKETCHES—
FOUR MEN IN A CAVE[217]
THE MESMERIC MOUNTAIN[225]
MISCELLANEOUS—
The Squire's Madness[231]
A Desertion[245]
How the Donkey Lifted the Hills[252]
A Man by the Name of Mud[258]
A Poker Game[263]
The Snake[268]
A Self-Made Man[273]
A Tale of Mere Chance[282]
At Clancy's Wake[288]
An Episode of War[294]
The Voice of the Mountain[301]
Why Did the Young Clerk Swear? [306]
The Victory of the Moon[315]