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. Björnstjerne Björnson.

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

THE PIECE OF STRING. 1884. Guy de Maupassant.

THE MAN WHO WAS. 1889. Rudyard Kipling.