O. Henry's short, simple stories are noted for their careful plotting, ironic coincidences, and surprise endings. Contents: The Gift of the Magi, Tobin's Palm, A Cosmopolite in a Cafe, Between Rounds, The Skylight Room, A Service of Love, The Coming-Out of Maggie, Man About Town, The Cop and the Anthem, An Adjustment of Nature, Memoirs of a Yellow Dog, The Love-Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein, Mammon and the Archer, Springtime a La Carte, The Green Door, From the Cabby's Seat, An Unfinished Story, The Caliph, Cupid and the Clock, Sisters of the Golden Circle, The Romance of a Busy Broker, After Twenty Years, Lost on Dress Parade, By Courier, The Furnished Room, The Brief Debut of Tildy.