ISBN: 9781443257855

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. Excerpt from book: Descriptive Bibliography An historical survey of all the varieties of brief fictitious narrative written in English may be found in Henry Seidel Canby's textit{The Short Story in English, published by Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1909. textit{A Study of the Short Story, by the same author and publisher, 1913, is a revised abridgment of the earlier work, with the addition of illustrative specimens. A special study in the influence of locality upon the development of the short story in America is Elias Lieberman's textit{The American Short Story, published by The Editor: Ridgewood, New Jersey, 1912. See also the introduction to Charles Sears Baldwin's textit{American Short Stories, published by Longmans, Green, and Co. A sketch of the development of the short story with reference to French, Italian, Spanish, German, Russian, and Scandinavian, as well as English, writers appears as the introduction to a collection of stories from various lands, textit{The Short-Story, made by Brander Matthews, and published by the American Book Company, New York. Most of the authors represented in our collection are treated more or less fully in textit{The Development of the English Novel, by Wilbur L. Cross. (New York: The Macmillan Co, 1900), where they may profitably be viewed in relation to the main stream of fiction. Most of the recent books on the short story were intended primarily to serve as practical manuals for the writer. This purpose, however, does not render them less useful to the student who desires merely to understand the nature and appreciate the merits of the form. Indeed, the surest way to a recognition of the art in " Rip Van Winkle "or "Phoebe" is to study two or three of the books in the following list, to write a short story, and then to compare it with the work of 0. Henry or Irving: 1. Books Fiction~~Anthologies (multiple authors) Book-of-Short-Stories~~Stuart-Pratt-Sherman General Books LLC This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: H. Holt and Company in 1914 in 397 pages; Subjects: Short stories; Short stories, English; Short stories, American; Fiction / Anthologies; Fiction / Short Stories; History / General;<

ISBN: 9781443257855

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. Excerpt from book: Descriptive Bibliography An historical… More...

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. Excerpt from book: Descriptive Bibliography An historical survey of all the varieties of brief fictitious narrative written in English may be found in Henry Seidel Canby's textit{The Short Story in English, published by Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1909. textit{A Study of the Short Story, by the same author and publisher, 1913, is a revised abridgment Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. Excerpt from book: Descriptive Bibliography An historical survey of all the varieties of brief fictitious narrative written in English may be found in Henry Seidel Canby's textit{The Short Story in English, published by Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1909. textit{A Study of the Short Story, by the same author and publisher, 1913, is a revised abridgment of the earlier work, with the addition of illustrative specimens. A special study in the influence of locality upon the development of the short story in America is Elias Lieberman's textit{The American Short Story, published by The Editor: Ridgewood, New Jersey, 1912. See also the introduction to Charles Sears Baldwin's textit{American Short Stories, published by Longmans, Green, and Co. A sketch of the development of the short story with reference to French, Italian, Spanish, German, Russian, and Scandinavian, as well as English, writers appears as the introduction to a collection of stories from various lands, textit{The Short-Story, made by Brander Matthews, and published by the American Book Company, New York. Most of the authors represented in our collection are treated more or less fully in textit{The Development of the English Novel, by Wilbur L. Cross. (New York: The Macmillan Co, 1900), where they may profitably be viewed in relation to the main stream of fiction. Most of the recent books on the short story were intended primarily to serve as practical manuals for the writer. This purpose, however, does not render them less useful to the student who desires merely to understand the nature and appreciate the merits of the form. Indeed, the surest way to a recognition of the art in " Rip Van Winkle "or "Phoebe" is to study two or three of the books in the following list, to write a short story, and then to compare it with the work of 0. Henry or Irving: 1. Books, Fiction~~Anthologies (multiple authors), Book-of-Short-Stories~~Stuart-Pratt-Sherman, 999999999, A Book Of Short Stories, Stuart Pratt Sherman, 1443257850, General Books LLC, , , , , General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9781443257855

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1914. Excerpt: ... THE … More...

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1914. Excerpt: ... THE MINISTER''S BLACK VEIL A PARABLE 1 By NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE The sexton stood in the porch of Milford meeting-house, pulling lustily at the bell-rope. The old people of the village came stooping along the street. Children with bright faces tript merrily beside their parents, or mimicked 5 a graver gait in the conscious dignity of their Sunday clothes. Spruce bachelors looked sidelong at the pretty maidens, and fancied that the Sabbath sunshine made them prettier than on week-days. When the throng had mostly streamed into the porch, the sexton began to toll 10 the bell, keeping his eye on the Reverend Mr. Hooper''s door. The first glimpse of the clergyman''s figure was the signal for the bell to cease its summons. But what has good Parson Hooper got upon his face? cried the sexton in astonishment. i5 AH within hearing immediately turned about, and beheld the semblance of Mr. Hooper pacing slowly in his'' meditative way towards the meeting-house. With one accord they started, expressing more^wonder than if some strange minister were coming to dust the cushions of Mr. 20 Hooper''s pulpit. Are you sure it is our parson? inquired Goodman Gray of the sexton. 1 Another clergyman in New England, Mr. Joseph Moody, of York, Maine, who died about eighty years since, made himself remarkable by the same eccentricity that is here related of the Reverend Mr. Hooper. In his case, however, the symbol had a different import. In early life he had accidentally killed a beloved friend; and from that day till the hour of his own death he hid his face from men. Of a certainty it is good Mr. Hooper, replied the sexton. He was to have exchanged pulpits with Parson Shute, of Westbury; but Parson Shute sent to excuse himself yesterday, being to preach a funeral sermon. The cause of so much amazement may a... Stuart Pratt Sherman, Books, History, A Book of Short Stories Books>History, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 1443257850

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