A Chosen Few: Short Stories

by Frank R. Stockton

“I wish from the bottom of my heart you had,” said I.

CAMEO EDITION.

• REVERIES OF A BACHELOR; or, a Book of the Heart. By Donald G. Mitchell. With an Etching by Percy Moran.
• DREAM LIFE. A Fable of the Seasons. With an Etching by Percy Moran.
• OLD CREOLE DAYS. By George W Cable. With an Etching by Percy Moran.
• IN OLE VIRGINIA. By Thomas Nelson Page. With an Etching by W. L. Sheppard.
• BITTER-SWEET. A Poem. By J. G. Holland. With an Etching by Otto Bacher.
• KATHRINA. A Poem. By J. G. Holland. With an Etching by Otto Bacher.
• LETTERS TO DEAD AUTHORS. By Andrew Lang. With an Etched Portrait by S. J. Ferris.
• “VIRGINIBUS PUERISQUE.” By Robert Louis Stevenson With an Etched Portrait by S. J. Ferris.
• A CHOSEN FEW. Short Stories. By Frank R. Stockton. With an Etched Portrait by W. H. W. Bicknell.
• A LITTLE BOOK OF PROFITABLE TALES. By Eugene Field. With an Etched Portrait by W. H. W. Bicknell.
• THE REFLECTIONS OF A MARRIED MAN. By Robert Grant. With an Etching by W. H. Hyde.
• THE OPINIONS OF A PHILOSOPHER. By Robert Grant. With an Etching by W. H. Hyde.

Each, one volume, 16mo.

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Transcriber’s Notes

• Four typographic errors have been corrected:
  • and then she’ll have to have new ones, and [lots] [was: lot’s]
  • standing on the cabin floor [instead] [was: intead] of the bulkhead.
  • him in there and we will shut him [up] [was: no]. Then I
  • Donald G. Mitchell. With an Etching by Percy [Moran.] [final period inserted]
• Two structural changes have been made:
  • The booklist “Cameo Edition” was moved from before the frontispiece to the end of the book.
  • The original had the story names alone on a page before the story, as well as on the page where the story started. These duplicate titles have been removed.