Obvious punctuation and other printing errors have been corrected. * * * * * 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 BY 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 Copyright 1912 BY J. BERG ESENWEIN Copyright 1918 BY J. BERG ESENWEIN 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 TO TEACHERS AND STUDENTS Growing out of my former volume, _Writing the Short-Story_, appeared the use for a new book that should contain a large number of short-stories arranged and annotated in form suitable for school or private study. Accordingly, the unique marginal arrangement for notes, which was first used in the study of Maupassant’s “The Necklace,” in the earlier work, was also adopted in this, with the addition of exhaustive critical introductions and comments. Further study, whether by classes or by individuals, has been facilitated by the reading references upon the authors represented, and--arranged under each of the eight type-groups--the explicit lists of ten representative short-stories available for reading and analysis. Five points were had in mind as a basis for the selection of the stories included in this collection: First, the real merit of the story, as illustrating the short-story structurally perfect, or as nearly perfect as could be found in combination with the other points desired; second, the typical qualities of the story, as standing for the class it was to represent; third, its intrinsic literary interest for the general reader;...