This book contains70 short storiesfrom 10 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. The stories were carefully selected by the criticAugust Nemo, in a collection that will please theliterature lovers.For more exciting titles, be sure to check out our 7 Best Short Stories and Essential Novelists collections.This book contains:W. C. Morrow:- His Unconquerable Enemy.- A Game Of Honor.- The Resurrection Of Little Wang Tai.- Two Singular Men.- The Faithful Amulet.- Over An Absinthe Bottle.- The Hero Of The Plague.Wilhelm Hauff:- The Severed Hand.- The Cold Heart.- The Little Glass Man.- The Story Of The Caliph Stork.- The Story Of Little Muck.- Nose, The Dwarf.- How The Stories Were Found.Rabindranath Tagore:- The Cabuliwallah.- The Home-Coming.- Onde There Was A King.- The Child's Return.- Master Mashai.- Subha.- The Postmaster.Owen Wister:- The Jimmyjohn Boss.- A Kinsman of Red Cloud.- Sharon's Choice.- Napoleon Shave-Tail.- Twenty Minutes for Refreshments.- The Promised Land.- Hank's Woman.Neith Boyce:- Two Women.- Sophia.- Molly.- The Blue Hood.- Love in a Dutch Garden.- Navidad.- The Mother.Mary Roberts Rinehart:- Affinities.- The Family Friend.- Clara's Little Escapade.- The Borrowed House.- Sauce For The Gander.- Twenty-Two.- Jane.John Fox Jr:- On Hell-Fer-Sartain Creek.- Through The Gap.- A Trick O' Trade.- Grayson's Baby.- Courtin' On Cutshin.- The Message In The Sand.- The Senator's Last Trade.Harvey Jerrold O'Higgins:- Silent Sam.- His Mother.- In The Matter Of Art.- Tammany's Tithes.- The Devil's Doings.- The Hired Man.- Larkin.E. Pauline Johnson:- The Shagganappi.- A Red Girl's Reasoning.- The King's Coin.- The Derelict.- Little Wolf-Willow.- Her Majesty's Guest.- The Brotherhood.Anthony Hope:- The Adventure of Lady Ursula.- AspirationsExplanations.- A Cut and a Kiss.- Promising.- Imagination.- Uncle John and the Rubies.- Lucifera.

William Chambers Morrow (7 July 1854, Selma, Alabama 1923) was an American writer, now noted mainly for his short stories of horror and suspense.Wilhelm Hauff (29 November 1802 18 November 1827) was a Württembergian poet and novelist.Rabindranath Tagore was a polymath, poet, musician, and artist from the Indian subcontinent.Owen Wister (July 14, 1860 July 21, 1938) was an American writer and historian, considered the "father" of western fiction.Neith Boyce (March 21, 1872, Franklin, Indiana December 2, 1951, Richmond, New Hampshire) was a United States novelist, journalist, and theatre artist.Mary Roberts Rinehart (August 12, 1876 September 22, 1958) was an American writer, often called the American Agatha Christie.John Fox Jr. (December 16, 1862 July 8, 1919) was an American journalist, novelist, and short story writer.Harvey Jerrold O'Higgins (November 14, 1876 February 28, 1929) was an American novelist and journalist.Emily Pauline Johnson (10 March 1861 7 March 1913), also known by her Mohawk stage name Tekahionwake, was a Canadian poet, author and performer who was popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright.He was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels.