Eighteen short stories by famous and little known authors compassing the period 1839 - 1914. The editor's very extensive introduction is omitted from this Librivox audio book.

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• The Little Frenchman And His Water Lots
• The Angel Of The Odd
• The Schoolmaster's Progress
• The Watkinson Evening
• Titbottom's Spectacles
• My Double; And How He Undid Me
• A Visit To The Asylum For Aged And Decayed Punsters
• The Celebrated Jumping Frog Of Calaveras County
• Elder Brown's Backslide
• The Hotel Experience Of Mr. Pink Fluker
• The Nice People
• The Buller-Podington Compact
• Colonel Starbottle For The Plaintiff - Part 1
• Colonel Starbottle For The Plaintiff - Part 2
• The Duplicity Of Hargraves
• Bargain Day At Tutt House
• A Call
• How The Widow Won The Deacon
• Gideon