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A Chosen Few: Short Stories

Chapter 13: Transcriber’s Notes
By Frank R. Stockton
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About This Book

A collection of short stories that combine whimsy, irony, and speculative conceits. Stories range from playful philosophical parables that invert ordinary expectations to realistic sketches of small-town life and inventive maritime mishaps. Recurring elements include moral puzzles, ambiguous resolutions, gentle satire of social manners, and a light, conversational narrative voice. Some pieces pose thought experiments about chance and choice, others recount domestic misunderstandings or comic misadventures, while several employ fantasy or improbable premises to explore human foibles. The volume's tone shifts between sly humor and reflective curiosity, delivering compact tales that prize cleverness and narrative surprise.

CAMEO EDITION.

  • REVERIES OF A BACHELOR; or, a Book of the Heart. By Donald G. Mitchell. With an Etching by Percy Moran.
  • DREAM LIFE. A Fable of the Seasons. With an Etching by Percy Moran.
  • OLD CREOLE DAYS. By George W Cable. With an Etching by Percy Moran.
  • IN OLE VIRGINIA. By Thomas Nelson Page. With an Etching by W. L. Sheppard.
  • BITTER-SWEET. A Poem. By J. G. Holland. With an Etching by Otto Bacher.
  • KATHRINA. A Poem. By J. G. Holland. With an Etching by Otto Bacher.
  • LETTERS TO DEAD AUTHORS. By Andrew Lang. With an Etched Portrait by S. J. Ferris.
  • “VIRGINIBUS PUERISQUE.” By Robert Louis Stevenson With an Etched Portrait by S. J. Ferris.
  • A CHOSEN FEW. Short Stories. By Frank R. Stockton. With an Etched Portrait by W. H. W. Bicknell.
  • A LITTLE BOOK OF PROFITABLE TALES. By Eugene Field. With an Etched Portrait by W. H. W. Bicknell.
  • THE REFLECTIONS OF A MARRIED MAN. By Robert Grant. With an Etching by W. H. Hyde.
  • THE OPINIONS OF A PHILOSOPHER. By Robert Grant. With an Etching by W. H. Hyde.

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Transcriber’s Notes

  • Four typographic errors have been corrected:
    • and then she’ll have to have new ones, and lots [was: lot’s]
    • standing on the cabin floor instead [was: intead] of the bulkhead.
    • him in there and we will shut him up [was: no]. Then I
    • Donald G. Mitchell. With an Etching by Percy Moran. [final period inserted]
  • Two structural changes have been made:
    • The booklist “Cameo Edition” was moved from before the frontispiece to the end of the book.
    • The original had the story names alone on a page before the story, as well as on the page where the story started. These duplicate titles have been removed.