Front matter

Transcriber’s Note:

New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.

“Books that you may carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the most useful after all”

—JOHNSON

STORIES OF

NEW YORK

STORIES FROM SCRIBNER

❦

STORIES OF NEW YORK

NEW YORK

CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS

1894

Copyright, 1893, by

Charles Scribner’s Sons

Trow Print

STORIES OF NEW YORK

❦

From Four to Six

A COMEDIETTA BY ANNIE ELIOT

The Commonest Possible Story

BY BLISS PERRY

The End of the Beginning

BY GEORGE A. HIBBARD

A Puritan Ingénue

BY JOHN S. WOOD

Mrs. Manstey’s View

BY EDITH WHARTON

9