Specimens of the Short Story

Lamb, c. The supernnuated man (sketch)
Irving, W. Rip Van Winkle (tale)
Hawthorne, N. The great stone face (allegory)
Poe, E.A. [Purloined Letter](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41065W) (detective story)
Thackeray, W.M. Phil Fogarty (burlesque)
Dickens, C. Dr. Manette's manuscript (story of incident)
Harte, F.B. The outcasts of Poker flat (local color story)
Stevenson, R.L. Markheim (psychological story)