Contents vi
CHARLES WADDELL CHESNUTT (1858-1932) 277
The Goophered Grapevine 278
JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS (1848-1908) 286
How Mr. Rabbit Was Too Sharp for Mr. Fox 287
Free Joe and the Rest of the World 288
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS (1837-1920) 297
Editha 298
FROM Criticism and Fiction 308
HENRY JAMES (1843-1916) 323
Daisy Miller: A Study 325
The Real Thing 364
The Beast in the Jungle 381
The Turn of the Screw 411
The Art of Fiction
AMBROSE BIERCE (1842-1914) 497
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge 498
CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN (1860-1935) 504
The Yellow Wall-paper 507
KATE CHOPIN (1851-1904) 518
The Awakening 519
STEPHEN CRANE (1871-1900) 611
Black riders came from the sea 612
In the desert 612
A god in wrath 613
I saw a man pursuing the horizon 613
Supposing that I should have the courage 613
On the horizon the peaks assembled 614
Adman feared that he might find an assassin 614
Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind 614