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Studying the Short-Story
SIXTEEN SHORT-STORY CLASSICS
WITH INTRODUCTIONS, NOTES AND
A NEW LABORATORY STUDY METHOD
FOR INDIVIDUAL READING AND
USE IN COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS
BY
J. BERG ESENWEIN, A.M., Lit.D.
EDITOR OF THE WRITER’S MONTHLY
REVISED EDITION
THE WRITER’S LIBRARY
EDITED BY J. BERG ESENWEIN
HINDS, HAYDEN & ELDREDGE, Inc.
NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA CHICAGO
Copyright 1912
By J. Berg Esenwein
Copyright 1918
By J. Berg Esenwein
TO
MOTHER
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| TO TEACHERS AND STUDENTS | vii | |
| PUBLISHERS’ NOTE | xi | |
| AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF THE SHORT-STORY | xiii | |
| I. | STORIES OF ACTION AND ADVENTURE | 1 |
| Mérimée and His Writings | 4 | |
| “Mateo Falcone,” Prosper Mérimée | 8 | |
| Stevenson and His Writings | 29 | |
| “A Lodging for the Night,” Robert Louis Stevenson | 34 | |
| Suggestive Questions for Study | 67 | |
| Ten Representative Stories of Action and Adventure | 68 | |