General introduction: The short story, by H. W. Mabie-- Peter Ragg, the missing man, by W. Austin Dr. Marigold's prescriptions, by C. Dickens Rab and his friends, by J. Brown Ethan Brand, by N. Hawthorne Pit and the Pendulum, by E. A. Poe Will o the mill, by R. L. Stevenson The Marquis Jeanne Hyacinth St. Palaye, by J. H. Shorthouse Quite so, by T. R. Aldrich King Solomon of Kentucky, by J. L. Allen The game and the nation, by O. Wister