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TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR NOVEMBER, 1908
Frontispiece: Eugene V. Dcbs: A Portent and a ltope. Review of the World: Campiaign Developments-learst'sa Revelations -loosevet's Entry--l i ler and IIaskell lilloried-Bryan Accused-Archbold Ar- raigned .................................471-477 Mr. Roosevelt Passes the Tabasco-Bryan's Response-Criticism of the President's Ac- tion-His Course Defended................77-480o Debs's Surprising Campaign-Ovations in New York, Boston and Elsewherc-Is Socialism Coming? ............ .................. 481-484 Meager Campaign Contributions-General Apathy-Delight of the Press.............. 484 The Alleged Endorsement of Taft by Mr. Cleveland-A Mysterious Document-Dis- trict Attorney Jerome Moves .............485-487 A Great Season for Baseball-Enthusiasm of the "l'ans"-Its Development in Forty Years-Growing Interest in Athletics-Presi- dent Eliot Calls a Halt...................487-491 Revolt of Ferdinand of Bulgaria Prelude to the Act in Budapest-Understanding Be- tweecn Francis Joseph and Ferdinand-What Annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovinia En- tails-Attitude of the Powers Character of Ferdinand of Bulgaria ................... 491 196 The Revolt in Crete-Administration of the Island Governmnent-The Protecting Powers -Greek Politics and Crete--The King-- Local Government in the Island--Crisis in the Greek Capital-Mussulman Attitude- The Able Zainis .........................496-497 Coming Conference of the Powers-Desire to Foil Berlin Importance of the Place of As- semblage-Grouping of the Powers for and Against Germany ....... ... ............ 498 The First Papal Legate on English Soil for Centuries-Outcry Against the Eucharistic Congress-Rise and D)evelopment of a Papal Panic -How it all Ended .................498-5oi Our Fleet in Japan .......................... 501 Persons in the Foreground: The Two John D. Rockefellers (with portrait and illustration) ..... ....... ................. 503 The One Supreme Leader of World-Socialism (with portrait of August Bebel)............ 506 The Dithyrambic Governor of Oklahoma (with portrait of C. N. Haskell) ........... .... 509 The Deliant Virginity of Marie Corelli withini portrait) ................................... 5 I1 Literature and Art: Francis Thompson's Tribute to Shelley........ 515 "A Yankee Maupassant" (with portrait of O. enry) ...................... ........ 518 Tolstoy the World-Figure (with portrait)...... 520 Franz Stuck, a Painter of Sin and Beauty withl portrait and illustrations)...................... 525
Religion and Ethics: A Collective Inquiry Into the Mr its and I- merits of Christianityv..................... Tihe Astounding Negations of Christian Science.. A Basis for Certainty Concerning Christ ail His Gospel .................................. A New Interpretation of Buddha's Teachings... Mr. Chesterton's Discovei of Cihristianity.... Music and Drama: "Jack Straw"--A l iy iFarce b a , i I ritiii D ram atist .. ................................ Stephen Phillips's Box Office Version of "'iiausti A Wizard of the Violin (with portrait of Sara- sate) ................................ A New Poetic Dramatist with a .Mission (with portrait of Percy lackaye) ................ "Awakening an Art That Ilas Slept for Two Thousand Years" (with portrait of Isadora Duncan) . "What Every Woman Knows" (with portrait of J. M. Barrie and HIenry James) ............ Science and Discovery: The Hero of Uraniumi (with portrait of Ii ii B ecquerel) ................................. An Astronomer's Indictment of Aerial Naia: tion ...................... ... Responsibility of the Teeth for Emotional Dis- plays (with illustrations) Effect of Memory on the Habits of Pliants..... The Sensations of Anesthesia and the Sensations of D eath .................................. Consumption and the Telep hone ................ Recent Poetry: Poem Outlines-by Sid.ey Lanier .............. What Am I Without Thee? by Sidicy Lanier.. 5 The Rubicon-by William Winter ............. The I-ouse of Life--by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.... Life-by Edith Wharton ......................: Song-by Brian Hooker...................... The Unremembered-by Florence Wilkinson..... Unto the Last-by Alfred Austin............. The Dark Companion-by James Brinton Ste- phens ...................................... " \Vindows--by Josephine Preston lI'cady.. 5 Recent Fiction and the Critics: The Testing of Diana Mallory ................ 5 Holy Orders ................................. P eter ........................................ The Quest of Soapy-By O. Henry........... Humor of Life (with illustrations) .............
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This work is O. Henry's first collection of short stories, many of which are set in New York City. Stories in this volume include "The Gift of the Magi" and "The Cop and the Anthem."
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