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Title: Short-Stories

Author: Various

Release Date: June 25, 2004 [EBook #12732]

Language: English

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SHORT-STORIES

EDITED BY L.A. PITTENGER, A.M., CRITIC IN ENGLISH, INDIANA UNIVERSITY

New York: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY, 1914

Set up and electrotyped. Published November, 1913. Reprinted January,
1914.

Norwood Press, J.S. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co., Norwood, Mass.,
U.S.A.

A PREFATORY NOTE

This collection of short-stories does not illustrate the history of
short-story writing, nor does it pretend that these are the ten best
stories ever written, but it does attempt to present selections from a
list of the greatest short-stories that have proved, in actual use,
most beneficial to high school students.

The introduction presents a concise statement of the essentials of the
history, qualities, and composition of the short-story. A brief
biography of each author and a criticism covering the main
characteristics of his writings serve as starting points for the
recitation. The references following both the biography and criticism
are given in order that the study of the short-story may be amplified,
and that high school teachers may build a systematic and serviceable
library about their class work in the teaching of the story. The
collateral readings, listed after each story, will aid in the creation
of a suitable atmosphere for the story studied, and explain many
questions developed in the recitation. Only such definitions as are
not easily found in school dictionaries are included in the notes.

CONTENTS

PREFATORY NOTE

INTRODUCTION:
History of the Short-story
Qualities of the Short-story
Composition of the Short-story
Books for Reference
Collections of Short-stories

THE FATHER. 1860. Bjoernstjerne Bjoernson.

THE GRIFFIN AND THE MINOR CANON. 1887. Frank R. Stockton.

THE PIECE OF STRING. 1884. Guy de Maupassant.

THE MAN WHO WAS. 1889.