Chapter II: Part II: The Period of the New Form

V. NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

_The White Old Maid_ _1835_ 131

VI. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW

_The Notary of Périgueux_ _1835_ 145

VII. EDGAR ALLAN POE

_The Fall of the House of Usher_ _1839_ 155

VIII. NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS

_The Inlet of Peach Blossoms_ _1840–5_ 179

IX. CAROLINE MATILDA STANSBURY KIRKLAND

_The Bee-Tree_ _1846_ 195

X. FITZ-JAMES O’BRIEN

_What was It? A Mystery_ _1859_ 213

XI. FRANCIS BRET HARTE

_The Outcasts of Poker Flat_ _1869_ 231

XII. ALBERT FALVEY WEBSTER

_Miss Eunice’s Glove_ _1873_ 247

XIII. BAYARD TAYLOR

_Who was She?_ _1874_ 269

XIV. HENRY CUYLER BUNNER

_The Love-Letters of Smith_ _1890_ 291

XV. HAROLD FREDERIC

_The Eve of the Fourth_ _1897_ 305

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE 325

INDEX 327

AMERICAN SHORT STORIES