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277, 1. The army was so filled with traitors. The country of Sweden at this time was distracted by the intrigues of the rival political parties of Hom and Gyllenborg, known as "Caps" and "Hats."
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290, 1. Given me a deep mark on my forehead. This refers to the Bible story of Cain's murder of his brother Abel. Genesis 4:3-15.
[ SUGGESTED READING LIST OF SHORT STORIES ]
- Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell (Mrs. Coburn)
- Sick-a-bed Lady. Title Story and "The Happy Day"
- Aldrich, Thomas Bailey
- Marjorie Daw and Other People. Title Story
- Two Bites at a Cherry. "Goliath"
- Allen, James Lane
- The Flute and the Violin. Title Story
- Andrews, Mary Raymond Shipman
- The Perfect Tribute
- Joy in the Morning
- Barrie, Sir James Matthew
- Two of Them. Title Story
- A Window in Thrums
- Balzac, Honoré
- Chouans. "A Passion in a Desert"
- Bunner, Henry Cuyler
- Short Sixes. Title Story and "Love Letters of Smith"
- Butler, Ellis Parker
- Pigs is Pigs. Title Story
- Cable, George
- Old Creole Days
- Canfield, Dorothy (Mrs. Fisher)
- Hillsboro People
- The Real Motive
- Coppée, François
- Tales by Coppée. "The Substitute"
- Cutting, Mary Stewart
- Little Stories of Married Life
- Little Stories of Courtship
- Davis, Richard Harding
- The Man Who Could Not Lose. "The Consul"
- Somewhere in France. Title Story
- Gallagher and Other Stories. Title Story
- Ranson's Folly. "The Bar Sinister"
- Deland, Margaret
- Old Chester Tales
- Dr. Lavendar's People
- Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
- Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- Adventures of Brigadier Gerard
- Ferber, Edna
- Emma McChesney & Co.
- Cheerful by Request
- Freeman, Mary E. Wilkins
- The Copy Cat
- A New England Nun
- The Wind in the Rose Bush
- Fox, John
- Christmas Eve on Lonesome. Title Story
- Gale, Zona
- Friendship Village
- Friendship Village Love Stories
- Garland, Hamlin
- Main Traveled Roads
- Other Main Traveled Roads
- Hale, Edward Everett
- The Man Without a Country
- Harris, Joel Chandler
- Tales of the Home Folks in Peace and War
- Harte, Francis Bret
- The Luck of Roaring Camp. Title Story, "Tennessee's Partner," and "The Outcasts of Poker Flat"
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Twice Told Tales. "The Great Carbuncle" and "The Minister's Black Veil"
- "Henry, O."
- The Four Million
- The Voice of the City. "The Memento" and "While the Auto Waits"
- "Hope, Anthony"
- Dolly Dialogues
- Comedies of Courtship
- Jewett, Sara Orne
- Tales of New England
- Kelly, Myra
- Little Citizens
- Wards of Liberty. "A Soul above Buttons"
- Little Aliens
- New Faces
- Kipling, Rudyard
- Life's Handicap. "Betram and Bimi," "The Man Who Was," and "Without Benefit of Clergy"
- Second Jungle Book. "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"
- The Phantom Rickshaw. "The Man Who Would Be King"
- The Day's Work. "The Brushwood Boy" and "William the Conqueror"
- Lagerlöf, Selma
- The Girl from the Marsh Croft
- Martin, Helen
- The Betrothal of Elypholate. Title Story
- Maupassant, Guy de
- The Odd Number. "A Piece of String" and "The Necklace"
- Mayo, Katherine
- The Standard Bearers
- Justice to All
- O'Brien, Edward J. (Editor)
- Best Short Stories of 1917
- Best Short Stories of 1918
- O'Brien, Fitz
- The Diamond Lens. Title Story, "What Was It? A Mystery," and "The Thing"
- Page, Thomas Nelson
- In Old Virginia
- Poe, Edgar Allan
- Works. "The Gold-Bug," "The Cask of Amontillado," "The Purloined Letter," and "The Pit and the Pendulum"
- Rinehart, Mary Roberts
- Bab, Sub-Deb
- Shute, Henry
- The Misadventures of Three Good Boys
- Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Merry Men. "Markheim" and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"
- New Arabian Nights. "A Lodging for the Night" and "The Sire de Maletroit's Door"
- Stockton, Frank
- The Lady or the Tiger? Title Story
- Tarkington, Booth
- Penrod
- Penrod and Sam
- Monsieur Beaucair
- "Twain, Mark"
- The Jumping Frog
- Van Dyke, Henry
- The Blue Flower. Title Story and "The Other Wise Man"
- White, Stewart Edward
- Blazed Trail Stories
- White, William Allen
- The Court of Boyville
- Wister Owen
- Philosophy Four. Title Story
The Gift of the Magi
1. Does the introduction of "The Gift of the Magi" awaken your interest at once?