CONTENTS
1. Rip Van Winkle Washington Irving................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................5 2. The Murders in the Rue Morgue Edgar Allan Poe................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................33 3. The Great Stone Face Nathaniel Hawthorne................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................91 4. The Man in the Reservoir Charles Fenno Hoffman................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................123 5. The Diamond Lens Fitz-James O'Brien................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................137 6. The Man Without a Country Edward Everett Bale................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................179 7. A Brace of Boys Fitz Hugh Ludlow................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................217 8. The Man Who Stole a Meeting-House J. T. Trowbridge................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................269 9. A Ride with a Mad Horse in a Freight-Car W. H. H. Murray................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................305 10. Balacchi Brothers Rebecca Harding Davis................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................331 11. Who Was She? Bayard Taylor................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................359
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