Short Stories Old and New

<p>Alphonso Smith (28 May 1864 - 13 June 1924) was an American Professor of English college dean philologist and folklorist.</p><p> </p><p>Professor Smith's collected and edited short stories in this title is a must read for anyone interested in literature. His chosen stories in this volume are:</p><p><br></p><p>1. Esther - from Old Testament</p><p>2. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves</p><p>3. Rip Van Winkle - Washington Irving</p><p>4. The Gold-bug - Edgar Allan Poe</p><p>5. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens</p><p>6. The Great Stone Face - Nathaniel Hawthorne</p><p>7. Rab & His Friends - Dr. John Brown</p><p>8. The Outcasts of Poker Flat - Bret Harte</p><p>9. Markheim - Robert Louis Stevenson</p><p>10. The Necklace - Guy de Maupassant</p><p>11. The Man Who Would Be King - Rudyard Kipling</p><p>12. The Gift of the Magi - O. Henry</p>