American Short Stories

American Short Stories by Charles Sears Baldwin is a collection of selected stories and critical essays on the short story genre, written in the early 20th century.The compilation aims to showcase the evolution of the American short story, exploring its development from meandering anecdotes to a distinct and cohesive literary form. The collection features a variety of tales from notable American authors.PART I. THE TENTATIVE PERIODWashington Irving – Rip Van WinkleWilliam Austin – Peter Rugg, the Missing ManJames Hall – The French VillageAlbert Pike – The Inroad of the NabajoPART II. THE PERIOD OF THE NEW FORMNathaniel Hawthorne – The White Old MaidHenry Wadsworth Longfellow – The Notary Of PérigueuxEdgar Allan Poe – The Fall of the House of UsherNathanıel Parker Willis – The Inlet of Peach BlossomsCarolıne Matilda Stansbury Kirkland – The Bee-TreeFitz-James O’brien – What was It? A MysteryFrancis Bret Harte – The Outcasts of Poker FlatAlbert Falvey Webster – Miss Eunice’s GloveBayard Taylor – Who was She?Henry Cuyler Bunner – The Love-Letters of SmithHarold Frederic – The Eve of the Fourth