Studying the Short-Story

SIXTEEN SHORT-STORY CLASSICS
WITH INTRODUCTIONS, NOTES AND
A NEW LABORATORY STUDY METHOD
FOR INDIVIDUAL READING AND
USE IN COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS

J. BERG ESENWEIN, A.M., Lit.D.

EDITOR OF THE WRITER’S MONTHLY

REVISED EDITION

THE WRITER’S LIBRARY
EDITED BY J. BERG ESENWEIN

HINDS, HAYDEN & ELDREDGE, Inc.
NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA CHICAGO

TO
MOTHER

TABLE OF CONTENTS

		PAGE
	TO TEACHERS AND STUDENTS	[vii]
	PUBLISHERS’ NOTE	[xi]
	AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF THE SHORT-STORY	[xiii]
I.	STORIES OF ACTION AND ADVENTURE	[1]
	Mérimée and His Writings	[4]
	“Mateo Falcone,” Prosper Mérimée	[8]
	Stevenson and His Writings	[29]
	“A Lodging for the Night,” Robert Louis Stevenson	[34]
	Suggestive Questions for Study	[67]
	Ten Representative Stories of Action and Adventure	[68]
II.	STORIES OF MYSTERY AND FANTASY	[69]
	Poe and His Writings	[72]
	“The Purloined Letter,” Edgar Allan Poe	[76]
	Jacobs and His Writings	[108]
	“The Monkey’s Paw,” W. W. Jacobs	[111]
	Suggestive Questions for Study	[129]
	Ten Representative Stories of Mystery and Fantasy	[130]
III.	STORIES OF EMOTION	[131]
	Daudet and His Writings	[135]
	“The Last Class,” Alphonse Daudet	[139]
	Kipling and His Writings	[147]
	“Without Benefit of Clergy,” Rudyard Kipling	[151]
	Suggestive Questions for Study	[189]
	Ten Representative Stories of Emotion or Sentiment	[190]
IV.	HUMOROUS STORIES	[191]
	Henry and His Writings	[194]
	“The Ransom of Red Chief,” O. Henry	[198]
	Barrie and His Writings	[215]
	“The Courting of T’Nowhead’s Bell,” James M. Barrie	[219]
	Suggestive Questions for Study	[249]
	Ten Representative Humorous Stories	[250]
V.	STORIES OF SETTING	[251]
	Harte and His Writings	[255]
	“The Outcasts of Poker Flat,” Bret Harte	[259]
	Maupassant and His Writings	[277]
	“Moonlight,” Guy de Maupassant	[281]
	Suggestive Questions for Study	[290]
	Ten Representative Stories of Setting	[290]
VI.	IMPRESSIONISTIC STORIES	[291]
	Hawthorne and His Writings	[297]
	“The White Old Maid,” Nathaniel Hawthorne	[302]
	“The Fall of the House of Usher,” Edgar Allan Poe	[320]
	Suggestive Questions for Study	[351]
	Ten Representative Impressionistic Stories	[352]
VII.	CHARACTER STUDIES	[353]
	“The Piece of String,” Guy de Maupassant	[356]
	Coppée and His Writings	[368]
	“The Substitute,” François Coppée	[371]
	Suggestive Questions for Study	[388]
	Ten Representative Character Studies	[389]
VIII.	PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES	[390]
	“Markheim,” Robert Louis Stevenson	[394]
	Morrison and His Writings	[422]
	“On the Stairs,” Arthur Morrison	[425]
	Suggestive Questions for Study	[431]
	Ten Representative Psychological Studies	[432]
	BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE	[433]
	INDEX	[437]