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Short Stories [v6 #1, #11, April 1891] (The Current Literature Publishing Co., 25¢, 128pp, smaller than standard) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 1 · North and South · Alphonse Daudet; translated by E. C. Waggener · ss; translated from the French. 4 · The Captain’s Cat · E. Cavazza · vi 5 · An Idyll of the “HT” · Dan Quin · ss Kansas City, MO, Star 10 · Knouted: A Story of Siberia · George Moore · ss (r); from Collected Sketches. 18 · When Will Prevails · Ingodeegi Howadeez · vi 20 · Little Pedro’s Anthem · Clyde Fitch · ss (r); from Boston Traveler. 26 · Under the Cebia · Alfred Balch · vi 27 · El Numero Trece · Jose Selgas; translated by Mary Springer · ss; from the Spanish. 39 · My Dog and I · Marie More Marsh · vi The Chicago Tribune 41 · The Little Gold Nugget · C. Haddon Chambers · ss (r); from Oak Bough and Wattle Blossom. 46 · The Inconsolable Widow · Anon. · ss; translation from the New York Sun, ultimately from La Vie Parisienne, no translator named. 55 · Companionship · Ivan Turgenev; translated by Elizabeth Cavazza · vi; from Senila of Turgenieff. 56 · Aunt Clem’s Reception · Anna Vernon Dorsey · ex; excerpt from Betty, a Last Century Love Story (NY: Lovell, 1900). 62 · Reforming the Major · R. L. Ketchum · vi 63 · A Mystery of the Sea · J. D. Jerrold Kelly · ss New York Herald 73 · The Suicide · T. L. Masson · vi 74 · The Treasure in the Pit · Paul Grant · ss Atlanta Constitution 85 · An Antique · Anon. · vi (r); from Laws Ecclesiastical, Civil, and Canon (Dublin: 1793). 86 · Mazzao’s: A Study in Thrift · Giovanni Verga; translated by E. Cavazza · ss; from the Italian. 91 · The Fate of the Laughing Pig · George Alfred Townsend · ss Pittsburg Bulletin 102 · The Unnamable · Anon.; translated by H. B. · vi; from “Legends of the Sahara,” in Nouvelle Revue. 103 · The House and the Brain · Edward George Bulwer, Lord Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Aug 1859, as “The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain”, uncredited

Short Stories [v6 #2, #12, May 1891] (The Current Literature Publishing Co., 25¢, 128pp, smaller than standard) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 129 · The Widow Gamberti · Countess Lara; translated by E. Cavazza · ss; from the Italian. 137 · Pleasure · Olive Schreiner · vi (r); from Dreams. 138 · The Coup de Grâce · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner Jun 30 1889 144 · The Waving Red Legs · J. W. Gally · ss The Argonaut 148 · Julius Roy’s Dream · Ernest Rhys · ss Macmillan’s Magazine 160 · A Complicated Case · Anon.; translated by E. C. Waggener · ss; from La Vie Moderne. 164 · Dreeing Her Weird · Anna Vernon Dorsey · vi 165 · An Experiment in Hypnotism · Anon. · ss London Truth 175 · Sunshine · Daniel Stimson Knowlton · vi 176 · The Four Dreams · Emile Zola · ss (r); no information re translation. 184 · Found · Dan Quin · vi 185 · The Magic Shadow · Arthur Quiller-Couch · ss The Speaker Jan 3 1891 189 · The Bass-Viol of Abelsberg · P. S. Rosegger; translated by Grace Isabel Colbron · ss; from the German. 193 · Sentenced · Marie More Marsh · vi 194 · The Drowned Man · Guy de Maupassant; translated by Frederic Hart Wilson · ss; translated from the French. 200 · The First Visit · Luigi Gualdo; translated by Elizabeth Cavazza · vi 201 · “Petrel” and “The Black Swan” · Anon. · ss The Cornhill Magazine Dec 1890, as “The ‘Petrel’ and the Slaver” 208 · The Voice of Nature · W. C. Morrow · vi 209 · Vict’ry’s Divorcement · Octave Thanet & Lura N. Brown · ss New York Herald 219 · “Sweet Hour of Prayer” · William Wallace Cook · vi 220 · The Sobbing Pines · Charles F. Lummis · ss San Francisco Chronicle 225 · The Rescue · D. B. Waggener · vi 226 · The Big Lie · William Gilmore Simms · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine Oct 1870, as “How Sharp Snaffles Got His Capital and Wife”

Short Stories [v6 #3, #13, June 1891] (The Current Literature Publishing Co., 25¢, 128pp, smaller than standard) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 257 · Availability: A Study in Journalism · Ida Baccini; translated by E. Cavazza · ss; from the Italian. 262 · Coyote · J. A. Breckons · vi 263 · A Precipitate Lover · Anon.; translated by E. C. Waggener · ss; from La Vie Moderne. 269 · My Margaret · Anon. · ss The Boston Globe 279 · God’s Light · Olive Schreiner · vi Missionary Magazine 280 · The Leisure Burglar · A. Rudolph Federmann · ss The St. Paul Pioneer Press 284 · “Eliza” the Nihilist · E. V. S. · ss Pall Mall Gazette 291 · First Love · Angelo Pesce; translated by Elizabeth Cavazza · vi; from the Italian. 292 · Mr. and Mrs. Hannibal Hawkins · Belle C. Greene · ss The Portfolio 299 · Fantasia · E. T. A. Hoffmann; translated by E. E. Steinmetz · vi; from Kreisleriana. 300 · A Little Chapter of Life · Acton Davies · ss The Evening Sun 303 · “The Buster” · J. Whit. Marcy · vi 304 · The Golampians · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner Nov 24 1889 310 · Poor Dog Pierrot · Guy de Maupassant; translated by Cordelia B. Browne · ss; translated from the French. 315 · Thrown Away · Rudyard Kipling · ss Plain Tales from the Hills, Thacker, Spink & Co 1888 323 · In the Stretch · Warren Ratcliffe McVeigh · vi 324 · The Pirate’s Cave · Nelson Ayers · ss New Orleans Picayune 333 · These-an’-That’s Wife · Arthur Quiller-Couch · ss The London Spectator 337 · The Cooked Trout · Ed. Mott · ss (r); from Collected Sketches. 341 · The Sentinel · E. C. W. · vi 342 · The Convict Ship · Anon. · ss The Sun; from Good Stories of the Present Day. 347 · Separation · Anna H. Smith · vi 348 · Stephen Purcell · W. H. Maxwell · nv

Short Stories [v7 #1, #14, July 1891] (The Current Literature Publishing Co., 25¢, 128pp, smaller than standard) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 1 · Husband and Wife · Mathilde Serao; translated by Mrs. William Sharp · ss; from the Italian. 6 · The Wrestlers · Richard H. Keller · vi 7 · The Shadow of a Doubt · Anon. · ss (r); from “The Matron: N.Y. Town Topics”. 10 · The Greatest of Astonomers · Edmund Spencer · ss (r); from Collected Sketches. 17 · The Debutante · Heileman Wilson · vi 18 · The Mouse’s Ransom · Anon. · ss London Society 23 · Wetherbee’s Wife · Margaret Collier Graham · ss The Argonaut 34 · Soaked · John L. Given · vi 35 · The Sleepless Kid · Dan Quin · ss Kansas City, MO, Star 40 · The Returned Slave · A. L. Tinney · vi 41 · Jean’s Letter · Paul Favel; translated by E. C. Waggener · ss; from the French. 45 · Chovalsky the Joiner · R. B. Davenport · ss (r); from Siberian Sketches. 62 · Not in Armor · Stanley Waterloo · vi 63 · Doretta’s Confession · Enrico Castelnuovo; translated by E. Cavazza · ss; from the Italian. 68 · An Ancient Chronicle · Franklyn W. Lee · ss (r); from Collected Sketches. 72 · Inspiration · R. L. Ketchum · vi 73 · The Martyr Mother · Hans Christian Andersen; translated by E. C. Waggener · ss 80 · Faith · W. W. Lord, Jr. · vi 81 · Divorced · Jean Reibrach · ss Transatlantic; translated from the French. 86 · The Stolen Ship · Anon. · ss (r); from Queer Tales of the Sea. 91 · The Open Gate · Douglas Sladen · vi 92 · In the Bush · A. B. · ss (r); from Colonial Sketches. 98 · Wild West Romance Number 27 · Hugh A. Wetmore · ss Northwest Magazine 105 · The Diamond Lens · Fitz-James O’Brien · nv The Atlantic Monthly Jan 1858, uncredited 191 · The Boy by the Beach · Arthur Quiller-Couch · ss Noughts and Crosses, Cassell & Co. 1891

Short Stories [v7 #2, #15, August 1891] (The Current Literature Publishing Co., 25¢, 128pp, smaller than standard) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 129 · The Story of the Diary · Pedro Antonio de Alarcón; translated by Mary Springer · ss; translated from the Spanish. 138 · “Vesuvius” · Charles Warren Stoddard · vi 139 · The Stone-Breaker · Ernest L’Épine; translated by Laura Lyon White · ss; translated from the French. 154 · Passing That Way · Orazio Grandi; translated by E. Cavazza · ss; translated from the Italian. 157 · Uncle Tom Barker · Bill Arp · ss Atlanta Constitution 163 · My Enemy · Elizabeth S. Bates · vi 164 · The Nihilist · Leon de Linseau; translated by Elizabeth Cavazza · ss; translated from the French. 170 · Athletic Vengeance · Ernest Mobray · ss London Budget 174 · The Smile of Kama-Deva · Judith Gautier; translated by Mrs. William Sharp · vi; from La Conquete du Paradis. 175 · A Tasmania Love Tale · Tasma · nv (r); from Coo-ee: Tales of Australian Life..., where it appeared as: “An Old-Time Episode in Tasmania”. 189 · Boum-Boum · Jules Claretie; translated by Mary Stuart Symonds · ss; translated from the French. 195 · White Wine · Willis Steele · vi 196 · Father Giles of Ballymoy · Anthony Trollope · nv The Argosy (UK) May 1866, uncredited 214 · “Too Hard” · Homer Bassford · vi 215 · A Mystery of the Sea · Lieut. C. R. Low · ss (r); given as by Lieut. C.R. Lowe.; from Tales of Old Ocean. 223 · Ec-Pay-Ah · Buckey O’Neill · vi 224 · She—With the Black Poodle · Julius Chambers · ss (r); from Paris, “Galignant”. 227 · Dead in Bed · Thomas J. Mosier · vi 228 · The Cloak · Nikolai Gogol · na 1850, as “The Overcoat”; translated from the Russian (“Shinel”, Sochineniia, 1842).

Short Stories [v7 #3, #16, September 1891] (The Current Literature Publishing Co., 25¢, 128pp, smaller than standard) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 257 · A Non-Conductor · Sofia Bini; translated by E. Cavazza · ss; translated from the Italian. 260 · “Boot Hill” · J. Whitcomb Marcy · vi 261 · The Story of an Ass · Arsene Houssaye; translated by E. C. Waggener · ss; translated from the French. 267 · An Imported Sentiment · Anon. · ss St. Stephen’s Review 273 · Smoke Wreaths · Grace M. Hurd · vi 274 · A Financial Failure · Sarah Orne Jewett · ss (r) 287 · The Pawky Peddler · Anon. · ss The Glasgow Citizen 293 · Guilty · S. L. Bacon · vi 294 · Greatest Story Ever Written · Rudyard Kipling · nv The Contemporary Review Jul 1891, as “The Finest Story in the World” 320 · The Great Cinch · Clarence Pullen · ss The Sun 326 · The Steamer-Chair · Heileman Wilson · vi 327 · An Elaborate Murderer · Franklin Fyles · ss (r) 334 · Polite “Old Scip” · James H. Connelly · vi 335 · In the Advertisements · Fulvia; translated by E. Cavazza · ss; translated from Italian. 344 · A Tragedy · Amy Elizabeth Leigh · vi 345 · Ocean Reminiscences · W. Clark Russell · ss The Independent 349 · Desire · Marquot; translated by E. C. W. · vi; translated from the French. 350 · The Egg-Stealer · Arthur Quiller Couch · ss The Speaker 353 · Angora Tom · R. L. Ketchum · vi 354 · Green Tea [Martin Hesselius] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv All the Year Round Oct 23 1869 (+3), uncredited

Short Stories [v8 #1, #17, October 1891] (The Current Literature Publishing Co., 25¢, 128pp, smaller than standard) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 1 · Two Nostalgias—A Love Tale · Haydee; translated by E. Cavazza · ss; translated from the Italian. 10 · The Pickaninny · R. N. Alvey · vi 11 · The Waiting Juliet · Arthur Quiller-Couch · ss (r); from Memoirs of a Retired Burglar, in: The London Speaker. 15 · The Priest Narcissus · Demetrius Bikelas · ss; translated from the Greek. 29 · Metempsychosis · Catulle Mendes; translated by Osmund Warde · vi; translated from the French. 31 · A Kansas Honeymoon · Octave Thanet · ss (r) 43 · Innocence · Julia Schayer · vi 44 · Wanted—S.V.P. · Maltravieres; translated by E. C. Waggener · ss; translated from the French. 52 · A Memory · C. Emma Cheney · vi 53 · The Black Eyes · Pedro Antonio de Alarcón; translated by Mary J. Serrano · ss; from Moors and Christians, translation from Spanish. 63 · The New Moon · Charles Stuart Pratt · vi 64 · Philosophy “At Home” · Anton Chekhov; translated by Isabel F. Hapgood · ss; translated from the Russian. 73 · How We Hung Red Shed · Joaquin Miller · ss San Francisco Wasp 79 · Apples · A. I. Tinney · vi 80 · The Man Without a Shadow · Adelbert von Chamisso · na Whittaker 1824, as “Peter Schlemihl”; translated from the German (“Peter Schlemihls Wundersame Geschichte”, Johann Leonard Schrag, 1814).

Short Stories [v8 #2, #18, November 1891] (The Current Literature Publishing Co., 25¢, 128pp, smaller than standard) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 129 · The Suicide of Julian Sorel · Matilde Serao; translated by E. Cavazza · ss; translated from Italian. 140 · The Secret of Life · Anon. · ss (r) 143 · The Baby’s Funeral · J. Pennington, Jr. · vi 144 · Honey and Human Nature · John Habberton · ss (r) 160 · Despair · Ella Higginson · vi 161 · A Discontented Maid · Catulle Mendes; translated by E. C. Waggener · ss; translated from the French. 164 · Mary Gotrie’s Lad · Marget Spence · ss The Glasgow Herald 175 · The Amateur · James Clarence Harvey · vi 176 · Found and Lost · Anon. · ss (r); as (?) “The Physician” from N.Y. Town Topics. 179 · Miss Parsons’ Adventure · William Clark Russell · ss Black and White 194 · An Old Fogy · F. J. Long · vi 195 · Rustic Chivalry · Giovanni Verga; translated by E. Cavazza · ss; translated from the Italian. 201 · The Mediation of Money · A. H. Lewis · ss Kansas City, MO, Star 208 · Faith · Parker L. Walter · vi 209 · Molly · Julia Schayer · ss Scribner’s Monthly Sep 1878 225 · Audacity—a Bet Well Won · Anon. · ss The London “Hawk" 233 · Jack Long · Anon. (by Charles Wilkins Webber) · ss American Review Feb 1845; at least slightly abridged.

Short Stories [v8 #3, #19, December 1891] (The Current Literature Publishing Co., 25¢, 128pp, smaller than standard) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 257 · Drawing-Room Comedians · Matilde Serao; translated by E. Cavazza · ss; translated from Italian. 262 · The Light-Bearer · Charles Howard Shinn · vi 263 · Barnaby’s Offering · Sarpeta; translated by Alice Ballard-Macdonald · ss; translated from the French (Gil Blas, Paris). 269 · Sarah Geake’s Prayer · Arthur Quiller-Couch · ss The Speaker 274 · A Caprice of Destiny · Mrs. M. L. Rayne · vi 276 · Overboard! · Edith Elmer · vi 277 · Sophia Paulovna Eczardy · Henry Harland · nv (r) 298 · A Cut Ninepence · William Visscher · ss Pacific Magazine 304 · Miasma · Warren Ratcliffe McVeigh · vi 305 · The Hatton-Garden Swindle · J. M. Barrie · ss (r) 319 · A Marriage Failure · Jules Claretie; translated by E. C. Waggener · ss; translated from the French. 326 · A Square Deal · Sam Davis · vi 327 · The Strange Promise · Neera; translated by Elizabeth Cavazza · ss; translated from Italian. 330 · His Private Honor · Rudyard Kipling · ss (r) 347 · A Shattered Masterpiece · Beniczky-Bajza; translated by F. de B. Gude · ss; translated from Spanish. 353 · An Emergency · Maria Moore March · vi 354 · The House of Dishonor · H. B. Marriott Watson · ss The National Observer 360 · Reforming an Outcast · Dan Quin · ss Kansas City, MO, Star 366 · Wandering Willie’s Tale [from Redgauntlet] · Sir Walter Scott · ex Constable 1824

Short Stories [v9 #1, #20, January 1892] (The Current Literature Publishing Co., 25¢, 128pp, smaller than standard) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 1 · A Provincial Family Feud · Matilde Serao; translated by E. Cavazza · ss 6 · Motherhood · Ella E. Doten · vi 7 · A Memorable Night · Anna Katharine Green · ss Old Stone House and Other Stories, Putnam 1891 21 · La Bretonne · Theuriet; translated by E. C. Waggener · ss 26 · The Night Before the Wedding · Emma Frances Dawson · vi 27 · Legend of Black Wolf Rock · R. L. Ketchum · ss 33 · The Lost Conscience · Chtchedrine; translated by Mrs. William Sharp · ss 43 · The Mourner · Anne Bozeman Lyon · vi 44 · The Postmistress of Laurel Run · Bret Harte · ss The Strand Magazine Sep 1891 60 · Her Children · W. N. Harben · vi 61 · Princess Fiaki’s Birthday · Judith Gautier; translated by E. C. Waggener · ss 68 · The Thing in the Copse · H. B. Marriott Watson · ss The National Observer 72 · In Love’s Hands · Maurice Thompson · nv 93 · Jupiter · Mrs. E. B. Cannon · vi 94 · The Cold Heart · Wilhelm Hauff · ss (r); #13 in the “Famous Stories” series.; translated from the German.