Contents 									xv
	1670 [In Winter in my Room]						985
	1732 [My life closed twice before its closeŃ]				986
	1760 [Elysium is as far as to]						986

SIDNEY IANIER (1842-1881)							986
	The Marshes of Glynn							987

		REALISTS AND REGIONALISTS

MARK TWAIN (1835-1910) 								990
	The Notorious stamping Frog of Calavcras County				992
	Roughing It								996
		[When the Buffalo Climbed a Tree]				996
	Life on the Mississippi							998
		Frescoes from the Past						998
		The Boys' Ambition						1006
		[A Mississippi Cub-pilot]					1008
	The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg					1016

WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS (1837-1920)						1044
	Editha									1046

HENRY JAMES (1843-1916)								1055
	Daisy Miller								1058
	The Real Thing								1096
	The Beast in the Jungle							1112
	The Art of Fiction							1139

BRET HARTE (1836-1902)								1152
	The Outcasts of Poker Flat						1153

		TURN OF THE CENTURY: 1890-1910 

HENRYADAMS (1838-1918)								1160
	The Dynamo and the Virgin						1162

SARAH ORNE JEWE'IT (1849-1909)							1169
	A White Heron								1170

KATE CHOPIN (1851-1904)								1176
	A Pair of Silk Stockings						1178

MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN (1852-1930)						1181
	The Revolt of ''Mother''						1182

CHARLES W. CHESNUTT (1858-1932)							1191
	The Passing of Grandison						1192