INDEX TO STORIES.
Mary J. (Mary Joanna) Safford translation
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CANT AND HUMBUG. A story of English selfishness and American thriftiness. 5
WIFE VERSUS NATIVE LAND. This story shows how a man may quit smoking for spite, but not for love. 38
ALI HADJI EFFENDI. The adventures of a wandering fanatic of Islam. 59
THE CROSS AT THE CORNER. A story of the religious devotion of an aged Hungarian. 80
THE ALTAR PAINTING. The love tragedy of an Italian artist. 100
A CHRISTMAS EVE IN PARIS. A pathetic incident of suffering in the Franco-Prussian War, during the siege of Paris. 120
THE STEPMOTHER. An ingenious discussion of that much-abused matron. 139
PAS DE CHANCE (No Chance). The story of a girl found in a morgue. 158
HOW THE FOX HUNTER FARED IN ENGLAND. A tragic and humorous denouement, turning upon the Englishman’s code of fox hunting. 186
WITHIN AN INCH OF ETERNITY. This relates how a prison physician’s hair turned white in a night, from horror inflicted on him by two escaped prisoners. 213