A selection from the world's greatest short stories, illustrative of the history of short story writing,

Patient Griselda, from the "Decameron," of Boccaccio, Rewritten in English by the editor.--Aladdin, or The wonderful lamp from "The Arabian nights."--Rip Van Winkle, by Washington Irving.--A passion in the desert, by Honoré de Balzac. Tr. from the French by the editor.--A child's dream of a star, by Charles Dickens.--A princess's tragedy from "Barry Lyndon," by W. M. Thackeray.--The gold-bug, by Edgar Allan Poe.--The great stone face, by Nathaniel Hawthorne.--The necklace, and The string, by Guy de Maupassant. Tr. from the French by the editor.--The man who would be king, by Rudyard Kipling.--How Gavin Birse put it to Mag Lownie, from "A window in Thrums," by J. M. Barrie.--On the stairs, from "Tales of mean streets," by Arthur Morrison.Mode of access: Internet