Description: xiv, 703 p. : port. ; 22 cm. Contents: pt. I. Bowery Tales: On the New Jersey Coast -- The men in the storm -- An experiment in misery -- Maggie: a girl of the streets -- George's mother -- Howells fears realists must wait -- pt. II. War tales [A]: The red badge of courage -- pt. II. War tales [B]: A mystery of heroism -- The upturned face -- An episode of war -- Stephen Crane's vivid story of the Battle of San Juan -- pt. III. A tale of the sea: The open boat -- The wreck of the Commodore -- Stephen Crane's own story -- pt. IV. Western tales: The bride comes to Yellow Sky -- The blue hotel -- pt. VI. Whilomville stories: The knife -- His new mittens -- pt. VI. Poems: poems -- pt. VII. Letters: letters. Responsibility: edited, with introd. and notes, by Robert Wooster Stallman.