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The gift of the Magi and other stories
Title:
The gift of the Magi and other stories
Author:
Henry, O., 1862-1910, author.
ISBN:
9780895772664
Uniform Title:
Short stories. Selections
Physical Description:
255 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series:
The World's best reading

World's best reading.
General Note:
Pamphlet on O. Henry (4 p.) inserted.
Contents:
The gift of the magi -- A retrieved reformation -- One thousand dollars -- An adjustment of nature -- The halberdier of the little rheinschloss -- Mammon and the archer -- After twenty years -- Schools and schools -- The defeat of the city -- A service of love -- The cop and the anthem -- The enchanted kiss -- Memoirs of a yellow dog -- The complete life of John Hopkins -- The lonsome road -- Lost on dress parade -- The romance of a busy broker -- The third ingredient -- The clarion call -- The memento -- Nemesis and the candy man -- Dougherty's eye-opener -- The furnished room -- The higher pragmatism -- Rus in Urbe -- The rathskeller and the rose -- The renaissance at Charleroi -- The caliph, cupid, and the clock -- Roads of destiny.
Abstract:
A husband and wife sacrifice treasured possessions in order to buy each other Christmas presents.