A collection of Short Stories compiled from public domain. The stories are especially selected with the young Christian reader in mind.
Stories include: Esther, from the Old Testament.--The history of Ali Baba and the forty robbers, from "The Arabian nights." ; Rip Van Winkle, by W. Irving; The Gold-bug, by E.A. Poe; A Christmas carol, by C. Dickens; The great stone face, by N. Hawthorne; Rab and his friends, by J. Brown; The outcasts of Poker Flat, by B. Harte.-Markheim ; The necklace, by G. de Maupassant; The man who would be king, by R. Kipling; The gift of the magi, by O. Henry
