| THE PROPHETIC PICTURES | By Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW | By Washington Irving |
| THE GOLD-BUG | By Edgar Allan Poe |
| CORPORAL FLINT'S MURDER (From "The Oak Openings") | By J. Fenimore Cooper |
| UNCLE JIM AND UNCLE BILLY | By Bret Harte |
| THE NOTARY OF PERIGUEUX | By H. W. Longfellow |
| THE WIDOW'S CRUISE | By F. R. Stockton |
| THE COUNT AND THE WEDDING QUEST | By O. Henry |
| MISS TOOKER'S WEDDING GIFT | By John Kendrick Bangs |
| THE FABLE OF THE TWO MANDOLIN PLAYERS AND THE WILLING PERFORMER | By George Ade |
| THE FABLE OF THE PREACHER WHO FLEW HIS KITE, BUT NOT BECAUSE HE WISHED TO DO SO | By George Ade |
| THE SHADOWS ON THE WALL | By Mary E. Wilkins Freeman |
| MAJOR PERDUE'S BARGAIN | By Joel Chandler Harris |
| A KENTUCKY CINDERELLA | By F. Hopkinson Smith |
| BY THE WATERS OF PARADISE | By F. Marion Crawford |
| A MEMORABLE NIGHT | By Anna Katharine Green |
| THE MAN FROM RED DOG | By Alfred Henry Lewis |
| JEAN MICHAUD'S LITTLE SHIP | By Charles G. D. Roberts |
| THOSE OLD LUNES! | By W. Gilmore Simms |
| THE CHIROPODIST | By Bayard Taylor |
| "MR. DOOLEY ON CORPORAL PUNISHMENT" | By F. P. Dunne |
| OVER A WOOD FIRE | Donald G. Mitchell--"Ik Marvel" |
