THE WAMPUM LIBRARY OF
AMERICAN LITERATURE

EDITED BY

BRANDER MATTHEWS, LITT.D.
Professor in Columbia University

AMERICAN SHORT STORIES

CHARLES SEARS BALDWIN, A. M., PH.D.

The Wampum Library

AMERICAN SHORT STORIES. Selected and edited, with an Introductory Essay on the Short Story, by CHARLES SEARS BALDWIN, A.M., Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Yale University.

AMERICAN LITERARY CRITICISM. Selected and edited, with an Introductory Essay, by WILLIAM MORTON PAYNE, LL.D., Associate Editor of "The Dial.”

AMERICAN FAMILIAR VERSE. Vers de Société. Edited, with an Introduction, by BRANDER MATTHEWs, Litt. D. (Yale), of Columbia University.

SHORT STORIES

SELECTED AND EDITED

WITH AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY ON

THE SHORT STORY

BY

CHARLES SEARS BALDWIN, A.M., PH.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN YALE UNIVERSITY

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