Specimens of the Short Story

The outer archives are busy

by George Henry Nettleton, George C. Nettleton, Charles Lamb

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Lamb, c. The supernnuated man (sketch) Irving, W. Rip Van Winkle (tale) Hawthorne, N. The great stone face (allegory) Poe, E.A. [Purloined Letter](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41065W) (detective story) Thackeray, W.M. Phil Fogarty (burlesque) Dickens, C. Dr. Manette's manuscript (story of incident) Harte, F.B. The outcasts of Poker flat (local color story) Stevenson, R.L. Markheim (psychological story)

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