Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Preface.-Introduction: Requirements of the short story. How this book may be used.-The first Christmas-tree, by Henry Van Dyke.-A French tar-baby, by J.C. Harris.-Sonny's christenin', by Ruth M. Stuart.-Christmas night with Satan, by John Fox, Jr.-A nestegg, by J.W.Riley.-Wee Willie Winkle, by Rudyard Kipling.-The gold bug, by E.A. Poe.-The ransom of Red Chief, by O. Henry.-The freshman full-back, by R.D. Pane.-Gallegher, by R.H. Davis.-The jumping frog, by Mark Twain.-The lady or the tiger? By F.R. Stockton.-The outcasts of Poker Flat, by F. B. Harte.-The revolt of mother, by Mary E. W. Freeman.-Marse Chan, by T. N. Page.-"Posson Jone'," by G. W. Cable.-Our aromatic uncle, by H. C. Bunner.-Quality, by John Gaisworthy.-The trimph of night, by Edith Wharton.-A messenger, by Mary R.S. Andrews.-Markheim, by R. L. Stevenson