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Title: The Monster and Other Stories
The Monster; The Blue Hotel; His New Mittens

Author: Stephen Crane

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THE MONSTER AND OTHER STORIES

by

STEPHEN CRANE

[Illustration: "'If You Ain't Afraid, Go Do It Then'"]

Illustrated

New York and London
Harper & Brothers Publishers
1899

Copyright, 1899, by Harper & Brothers.
All rights reserved.

[Illustration: "'Henry Johnson! Rats!'"]

CONTENTS

The Monster

The Blue Hotel

His New Mittens

ILLUSTRATIONS

"'If You Ain't Afraid, Go Do It Then'"

"No One Would Have Suspected Him of Ever Having Washed a Buggy"

"'Henry Johnson! Rats!'"

"They Bowed and Smiled Until a Late Hour"

"The Band Played a Waltz"

"'What District?'"

In the Laboratory

"They Did Not Care Much for John Shipley"

"'If I Get Six Dollehs for Bo'ding Hennery Johnson, I Uhns It'"

"The Door Swung Portentously Open"

Mrs. Farragut

"'It's About What Nobody Talks Of--Much,' Said Twelve"

Little Horace

"Yelling Like Hawks at the White Balls Flew"

"'I've Got to Go Home'"

"When He Raised His Voice to Deny the Charge"

"'Aw, Come On!'"

"A Pair of Very Wet Mittens"

"Brought a Plate of Food"

"Horace Stared With Sombre Eyes at the Plate of Food"

"Some Sort of Bloody-Handed Person"

"People, Bowed