American short stories, selected and ed. with an introductory essay on the short story

"Bibliographical note": p. 325-326 Introduction.--Pt. 1. The tentative period: Irving, W. Rip Van Winkle. Austin W. Peter Rugg, the missing man. Hall, J. The French village. Pike, A. the inroad of the Nabajo.--Pt. 2. The period of the new form: Hawthorne, N. The white old maid. Longfellow, H.W. The notary of Périgueux. Poe, E.A. The fall of the house of Usher. Willis, N.P. The inlet of peach blossoms. Kirkland, C.M.S. The bee-tree. O'Brien, F.-J. What was it? A mystery. Harte, F.B. The outcasts of Poker Flat. Webster, A.F. Miss Eunice's glove. Taylor, B. Who was she? Bunner, H.C. The love-letters of Smith. Frederic, H. The eve of the Fourth