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The gift of the Magi and other stories / O. Henry ; illustrations by Gordon Grant ; afterword by Richard O'Connor.

Henry, O., 1862-1910 (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780895772664
ISBN: 0895772663
Physical Description: 255 pages : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Pleasantville, N.Y. : Reader's Digest Association, c1987.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Pamphlet on O. Henry (4 p.) inserted.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.