Short Stories: H


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Haggard, H. Rider Bio  
Hunter Quatermain's Story     
Long Odds     
Hale, Edward Everett
My Double; and How He Undid Me  
Hardy, Thomas Bio Pic  
Squire Petrick's Lady     
Harraden, Beatrice
Bird on its Journey, The  
Idyl of London, An  
Harte, Bret
Barker's Luck  
Bohemian Days in San Francisco  
Brown of Calaveras  
Bulger's Reputation  
Colonel Starbottle for the Plaintiff  
Convert of the Mission, A  
Devotion of Enriquez, The  
Episode of Fiddletown, An  
High-Water Mark  
How Reuben Allen "Saw Life" in San Francisco  
How Santa Claus Came To Simpson's Bar     
Idyl of Red Gulch, The  
In the Tules  
Indiscretion of Elsbeth, The  
Jimmy's Big Brother from California  
Lonely Ride, A  
Luck of Roaring Camp, The  
Man of No Account, The  
Mermaid of Lighthouse Point, The  
Miggles     
Mliss  
Mother of Five, A  
Notes by Flood and Field  
Outcasts of Poker Flat, The     
Right Eye of the Commander, The  
Romance of the Line, A  
Tennessee's Partner     
Three Vagabonds of Trinidad  
Under the Eaves  
Vision of the Fountain, A  
Widow of the Santa Ana Valley, A     
Yellow Dog, A     
Youngest Miss Piper, The  
Hastings, Wells
Gideon  
Hawthorne, Nathaniel Bio  
Ambitious Guest, The     
Artist of the Beautiful, The     
Birthmark, The     
Canterbury Pilgrims, The     
Celestial Railroad, The     
Circe's Palace.     
David Swan  
Devil in Manuscript, The     
Dr. Heidegger's Experiment     
Dragon's Teeth, The     
Drowne's Wooden Image  
Egotism; or Bosom Serpent, The  
Endicott and the Red Cross  
Ethan Brand     
Feathertop: A Moralized Legend     
Gentle Boy, The  
Golden Fleece, The  
Gray Champion, The  
Great Carbuncle, The  
Great Stone Face, The     
Hollow of the Three Hills, The     
Legends of the Province House: I. Howe's Masquerade  
Legends of the Province House: II. Edward Randolph's Portrait  
Legends of the Province House: III. Lady Eleanore's Mantle  
Legends of the Province House: IV. Old Esther Dudley  
Maypole of Merry Mount, The     
Minister's Black Veil, The     
Minotaur, The  
Mr. Higginbotham's Catastrophe  
Mrs. Bullfrog  
My Kinsman, Major Molineux  
Peter Goldthwaite's Treasure     
Pomegranate Seeds, The  
Procession of Life, The  
Pygmies, The  
Rappaccini's Daughter     
Roger Malvin's Burial  
Shaker Bridal, The  
Snow Image: A Childish Miracle, The  
Wakefield     
Wayside. Introductory., The  
Wedding Knell, The     
Young Goodman Brown     
Hayes, A.A.
Denver Express, The  
Henry, O Bio Pic  
"Girl"     
"What You Want"     
Adjustment of Nature, An  
After Twenty Years     
Afternoon Miracle, An     
Babes In The Jungle     
Best-Seller  
Between Rounds  
Bird Of Bagdad, A  
Blackjack Bargainer, A  
Blind Man's Holiday     
Brief Debut of Tildy, The  
Buried Treasure     
By Courier  
Caballero's Way, The  
Cactus, The     
Caliph, Cupid and the Clock, The  
Call Loan, A  
Call Of The Tame, The  
Calloway's Code  
Chaparral Christmas Gift, A     
Chaparral Prince, A     
Christmas by Injunction  
Coming-Out of Maggie, The  
Compliments Of The Season  
Confessions of a Humorist     
Cop and the Anthem, The     
Cosmopolite in a Cafe, A     
Cupid a la Carte  
Day Resurgent, The  
Detective Detector, The     
Dog and the Playlet, The     
Duel, The  
Duplicity of Hargraves, The  
Fifth Wheel, The  
From the Cabby's Seat  
Furnished Room, The     
Georgia's Ruling  
Gift of the Magi, The     
Girl And The Graft, The  
Girl And The Habit, The  
Gold That Glittered, The  
Green Door, The     
Handbook of Hymen, The     
He Also Serves  
Head-Hunter, The  
Hearts and Crosses  
Hearts and Hands     
Hiding of Black Bill, The  
Higher Abdication, The  
Higher Pragmatism, The  
Hygeia at the Solito  
Hypotheses of Failure, The  
Indian Summer of Dry Valley Johnson, The     
Last Leaf, The     
Little Local Colour, A  
Little Talk About Mobs, A  
Lost on Dress Parade     
Love-Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein, The  
Madame Bo-peep, of the Ranches  
Mammon and the Archer  
Man About Town  
Marry Month of May, The     
Matter of Mean Elevation, A  
Memoirs of a Yellow Dog     
Missing Chord, The     
Moment of Victory, The     
Municipal Report, A  
Newspaper Story, A  
Night In New Arabia, A  
No Story  
One Dollar's Worth     
Out of Nazareth     
Past One At Rodney's  
Pimienta Pancakes, The  
Poet And The Peasant, The  
Poor Rule, A     
Princess and the Puma, The     
Proof Of The Pudding  
Psyche And The Pskyscraper     
Ramble In Aphasia, A  
Ransom of Mack, The  
Ransom of Red Chief, The     
Red Roses of Tonia, The  
Reformation of Calliope, The  
Roads we Take, The  
Robe Of Peace, The  
Romance of a Busy Broker, The     
Rose of Dixie, The  
Round The Circle  
Rubber Plant's Story, The  
Rus in Urbe  
Sacrifice Hit, A  
Schools and Schools  
Seats of the Haughty     
Service of Love, A     
Sisters of the Golden Circle  
Skylight Room, The  
Snow Man, The     
Sociology in Serge and Straw  
Song and the Sergeant, The  
Sparrows in Madison Square, The  
Sphinx Apple, The  
Springtime a la Carte     
Strictly Business  
Suite Homes and their Romance  
Supply and Demand  
Technical Error, A  
Telemachus, Friend  
Theory and the Hound, The  
Thimble, Thimble  
Things The Play, The  
Third Ingredient, The  
To Him Who Waits  
Tobin's Palm  
Tommy's Burglar  
Unfinished Story, An  
Unknown Quantity, The  
Venturers, The  
Whirligig of Life, The  
World and the Door, The     
Holmes, Oliver Wendell
Visit to the Asylum for Aged and Decayed Punsters, A