Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Sterling, George, 1869-1926
2. Modern Library (Firm), publisher.
3. H. Wolff, Inc., printer.

Description

1. xvi, 403 pages; 17 cm

Series statement

1. The modern library of the world's best books

Uniform title

1. Modern library of the world's best books.

Subject

1. 1800-1899
2. Short stories, American > 19th century
3. Manners and customs > Fiction
4. Soldiers > United States > Fiction
5. Nouvelles américaines > 19e siècle
6. Mœurs et coutumes > Romans, nouvelles, etc
7. Manners and customs
8. Short stories, American
9. American fiction > 20th century
10. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Fiction
11. États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Romans, nouvelles, etc
12. United States

Genre/Form

1. Fictional Work
2. short stories.
3. Short stories
4. Fiction
5. History
6. Short stories.
7. Fiction.
8. Nouvelles.
9. Romans.

Contents

1. Soldiers. A horseman in the sky -- An occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge -- Chickamauga -- A son of the gods : a study in the present tense -- One of the missing -- Killed at Resaca -- The affair at Coulter's Notch -- The coup de grâce -- Parker Adderson, philosopher -- An affair of outposts -- The story of a conscience -- One kind of officer -- One officer, one man -- George Thurston : three incidents in the life of a man -- The mocking-bird -- Civilians. The man out of the nose -- An adventure at Brownville -- The famous Gilson bequest -- The applicant -- A watcher by the dead -- The man and the snake -- A holy terror -- The suitable surroundings -- The boarded window -- The lady from Redhorse -- The eyes of the panther.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Note

1. Published in 1891, under title: Tales of soldiers and civilians.
2. "First Modern library edition."