Specimens of the Short StoryGeorge Henry Nettleton Henry Holt & Company, 1901 - 229 من الصفحات "This collection of short stories has two purposes : first, to give to the general reader interesting specimens of the best narration; second, within small compass, to supply the teacher or student of English composition with varied and profitable material for study of the art of narrative writing."--Pref. Includes brief introductory biographies of the authors. |
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