Author:
Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900.
Edition Statement:[1st ed.]
Imprint:Garden City, NY : Doubleday, 1963.
Description790 p. ; 22 cm.
Note:Sketches from life: Uncle Jake and the bell handle. - The king's favor. - A foreign policy, in three glimpses: First glimpse. Second glimpse. Third glimpse. - The camel. - Dan Emmonds. - Four men in a cave: likewise four queens, and a Sullivan county hermit. - Travels in New york: the broken-down van. - The octopush: a Sullivan County nocturne [The fishermen]. - A ghoul's accountant: the story of a Sullivan County produce deal. - The black dog: a night of spectral terror. - Killing his bear: a winter tragedy with three actors. - The captain. - A tent in agony: a Sullivan County sketch. - The cry of a huckleberry pudding: a dim study of camping experiences. - An explosion of seven babies: a Sullivan County episode. - The Mesmeric mountain: a tale of Sullivan County. - The holler tree: a Sullivan County sketch. - Across the covered pit. - Why did the young clerk swear? Or, The unsatisfactory French. - The pace of youth. - The reluctant voyagers. - A desertion. - An experiment in misery. - An experiment in luxury. - An ominous baby. - A great mistake. - A dark brown dog. - Billie Atkins went to Omaha [an American tramp's excursion]. - Mr. Binks' day off: a study of a clerk's holiday. - The men int he storym. - Coney Island's failing days. - In a Park Row restaurant. - Stories told by an artist: a tale about how 'great grief' got his holiday dinner [Great Grief's holiday dinner]. - The silver pageant. - When eery one is panic stricken [the fire]. - When a man falls a crowd gathers [A street scene in New York]. - The duel that was not fought. - A Christmas dinner won in battle. - A lovely jag in a crowded car. - A mystery of heroism. - A gray sleeve. - The judgment of the sage. - One dash, horses [Horses, one dash]. - A tale of mere chance: being an account of the pursuit of the tiles, the statement of the clock, and the grip of a coat of orange spots, together with some criticism of a detective said to be carved from an old table leg [The White Tiles]. - Three miraculous soldiers. - A freight car incident [A Texas legend] - The little regiment. - The veteran. - The snake. - Raft story. - An Indiana campaign. - In the Tenderloin: a duel between an alarm clock and a suicidal purpose. - A detail. - The voice of the mountain. - Yen-nock Bill and his sweetheart. - Diamonds and diamonds. - An eloquence of grief. - The auction. - A poker game. - A man and some others. - The open boat. - How the donkey lifted the hills. - The victory of the moon. - Flanagan and his short filibustering adventure. - An old man goes wooing. - A fishing village. - The bride comes to Yellow Sky. - Death and the child. - The five white mice. - The wise men: a detail of American life in Mexico. - The monster. - His new mittens. - The Blue Hotel. - The price of the harness [The woof of thin red threads] - A self-made man: an example of success that any one can follow. - The clan of no-name. - God rest ye, merry gentlemen. - The lone charge of William B. perkins. - The angel child. - Lynx-hunting. - The revenge of the Adolphus. - The sergeant's private madhouse. - The battle of Forty Fort. - The surrender of Forty Fort. - Ol' Bennet and the Indians. - The lover and the telltale. - 'Showin' off' - Virtue in war [West Pointer and volunteer; or, virtue in war] - Making an orator. - Twelve o'clock. - The second generation. - An episode of war. - Shame. - The carriage-lamps. - The kicking twelfth ['Kim up, the Kickers!'] - The shrapnel of their friends. - 'And if he wills, we must die' [The end of the battle] - The upturned face. - The knife. - The stove. - Moonlight on the snow. - The trial, execution, and burial of Homer Phelps. - An illusion in red and white. - The fight. - This majestic lie [His majestic lie] - The city urchin and the chaste villagers. - Manacled. - A little pilgrimage [A little pilgrim] - At the pit door. - The squire's madness. - The man from Duluth. - A man by the name of Mud.
