Short Stories Old & New

A collection of Short Stories compiled from public domain. The stories are especially selected with the young Christian reader in mind. (170 pp)

Stories include: Esther, from the Old Testament.–The history of Ali Baba and the forty robbers, from \\”The Arabian nights.\\”–Rip Van Winkle, by W. Irving.–The Gold-bug, by E.A. Poe.–A Christmas carol, by C. Dickens.–The great stone face, by N. Hawthorne.–Rab and his friends, by J. Brown.–The outcasts of Poker Flat, by B. Harte.-Markheim, by R.L. Stevenson.–The necklace, by G. de Maupassant.–The man who would be king, by R. Kipling.–The gift of the magi, by O. Henry