William Sydney Porter, better known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer. O. Henry's short stories are well known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings. In his day he was called the American answer to Guy de Maupassant. While both authors wrote plot twist endings, O. Henry's stories were considerably more playful, and are also known for their witty narration. Most of O. Henry's stories are set in his own time, the early 20th century. Many take place in New York City and frequently feature characters with blue-collar jobs, such as policemen and waitresses. Porter also wrote poetry and non-fiction. CABBAGES AND KINGS THE PROEM BY THE CARPENTER “FOX-IN-THE-MORNING” THE LOTUS AND THE BOTTLE SMITH CAUGHT CUPID’S EXILE NUMBER TWO THE PHONOGRAPH AND THE GRAFT MONEY MAZE THE ADMIRAL THE FLAG PARAMOUNT THE SHAMROCK AND THE PALM THE REMNANTS OF THE CODE SHOES SHIPS MASTERS OF ARTS DICKY ROUGE ET NOIR TWO RECALLS THE VITAGRAPHOSCOPE THE FOUR MILLION TOBIN’S PALM THE GIFT OF THE MAGI A COSMOPOLITE IN A CAFÉ BETWEEN ROUNDS THE SKYLIGHT ROOM A SERVICE OF LOVE THE COMING-OUT OF MAGGIE MAN ABOUT TOWN THE COP AND THE ANTHEM AN ADJUSTMENT OF NATURE MEMOIRS OF A YELLOW DOG THE LOVE-PHILTRE OF IKEY SCHOENSTEIN MAMMON AND THE ARCHER SPRINGTIME À LA CARTE THE GREEN DOOR FROM THE CABBY’S SEAT AN UNFINISHED STORY THE CALIPH, CUPID AND THE CLOCK SISTERS OF THE GOLDEN CIRCLE THE ROMANCE OF A BUSY BROKER AFTER TWENTY YEARS LOST ON DRESS PARADE BY COURIER THE FURNISHED ROOM THE BRIEF DÉBUT OF TILDY THE TRIMMED LAMP THE TRIMMED LAMP A MADISON SQUARE ARABIAN NIGHT THE RUBAIYAT OF A SCOTCH HIGHBALL THE PENDULUM TWO THANKSGIVING DAY GENTLEMEN THE ASSESSOR OF SUCCESS THE BUYER FROM CACTUS CITY THE BADGE OF POLICEMAN O’ROON BRICKDUST ROW THE MAKING OF A NEW YORKER VANITY AND SOME SABLES THE SOCIAL TRIANGLE THE PURPLE DRESS THE FOREIGN POLICY OF COMPANY 99 THE LOST BLEND A HARLEM TRAGEDY “THE GUILTY PARTY” ACCORDING TO THEIR LIGHTS THE LAST LEAF THE COUNT AND THE WEDDING GUEST THE COUNTRY OF ELUSION THE FERRY OF UNFULFILMENT THE TALE OF A TAINTED TENNER ELSIE IN NEW YORK HEART OF THE WEST HEARTS AND CROSSES THE RANSOM OF MACK TELEMACHUS, FRIEND THE HANDBOOK OF HYMEN THE PIMIENTA PANCAKES SEATS OF THE HAUGHTY HYGEIA AT THE SOLITO AN AFTERNOON MIRACLE THE HIGHER ABDICATION CUPID A LA CARTE THE CABALLERO’S WAY THE SPHINX APPLE THE MISSING CHORD A CALL LOAN THE PRINCESS AND THE PUMA THE INDIAN SUMMER OF DRY VALLEY JOHNSON CHRISTMAS BY INJUNCTION A CHAPARRAL PRINCE THE REFORMATION OF CALLIOPE THE VOICE OF THE CITY THE VOICE OF THE CITY THE COMPLETE LIFE OF JOHN HOPKINS A LICKPENNY LOVER DOUGHERTY’S EYE-OPENER “LITTLE SPECK IN GARNERED FRUIT” THE HARBINGER WHILE THE AUTO WAITS A COMEDY IN RUBBER ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS THE DEFEAT OF THE CITY THE SHOCKS OF DOOM THE PLUTONIAN FIRE NEMESIS AND THE CANDY MAN SQUARING THE CIRCLE ROSES, RUSES AND ROMANCE THE CITY OF DREADFUL NIGHT THE EASTER OF THE SOUL THE FOOL-KILLER TRANSIENTS IN ARCADIA THE RATHSKELLER AND THE ROSE THE CLARION CALL EXTRADITED FROM BOHEMIA A PHILISTINE IN BOHEMIA FROM EACH ACCORDING TO HIS ABILITY THE MEMENTO ROADS OF DESTINY ROADS OF DESTINY THE LEFT BRANCH THE RIGHT BRANCH THE MAIN ROAD THE GUARDIAN OF THE ACCOLADE THE DISCOUNTERS OF MONEY THE ENCHANTED PROFILE “NEXT TO READING MATTER” ART AND THE BRONCO PHŒBE A DOUBLE-DYED DECEIVER THE PASSING OF BLACK EAGLE A RETRIEVED REFORMATION CHERCHEZ LA FEMME FRIENDS IN SAN ROSARIO THE FOURTH IN SALVADOR THE EMANCIPATION OF BILLY THE ENCHANTED KISS A DEPARTMENTAL CASE BENTON SHARP MEETS HIS MATCH THE RENAISSANCE AT CHARLEROI ON BEHALF OF THE MANAGEMENT WHISTLING DICK’S CHRISTMAS STOCKING THE HALBERDIER OF THE LITTLE RHEINSCHLOSS TWO RENEGADES THE LONESOME ROAD OPTIONS “THE ROSE OF DIXIE” THE THIRD INGREDIENT THE HIDING OF BLACK BILL SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLS THIMBLE, THIMBLE SUPPLY AND DEMAND BURIED TREASURE TO HIM WHO WAITS HE ALSO SERVES THE MOMENT OF VICTORY THE HEAD-HUNTER NO STORY THE HIGHER PRAGMATISM BEST-SELLER RUS IN URBE A POOR RULE STRICTLY BUSINESS STRICTLY BUSINESS THE GOLD THAT GLITTERED BABES IN THE JUNGLE THE DAY RESURGENT THE FIFTH WHEEL THE POET AND THE PEASANT THE ROBE OF PEACE THE GIRL AND THE GRAFT THE CALL OF THE TAME THE UNKNOWN QUANTITY THE THING’S THE PLAY A RAMBLE IN APHASIA A MUNICIPAL REPORT PSYCHE AND THE PSKYSCRAPER A BIRD OF BAGDAD COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON A NIGHT IN NEW ARABIA THE GIRL AND THE HABIT PROOF OF THE PUDDING PAST ONE AT ROONEY’S THE VENTURERS THE DUEL “WHAT YOU WANT” WHIRLIGIGS THE WORLD AND THE DOOR THE THEORY AND THE HOUND THE HYPOTHESES OF FAILURE CALLOWAY’S CODE A MATTER OF MEAN ELEVATION “GIRL” SOCIOLOGY IN SERGE AND STRAW THE RANSOM OF RED CHIEF THE MARRY MONTH OF MAY A TECHNICAL ERROR SUITE HOMES AND THEIR ROMANCE THE WHIRLIGIG OF LIFE A SACRIFICE HIT THE ROADS WE TAKE A BLACKJACK BARGAINER THE SONG AND THE SERGEANT ONE DOLLAR’S WORTH A NEWSPAPER STORY TOMMY’S BURGLAR A CHAPARRAL CHRISTMAS GIFT A LITTLE LOCAL COLOUR GEORGIA’S RULING BLIND MAN’S HOLIDAY A MEDLEY OF MOODS MADAME BO-PEEP, OF THE RANCHES THE TWO WOMEN THE ONE: A FOG IN SANTONE THE OTHER: A MEDLEY OF MOODS SIXES AND SEVENS THE LAST OF THE TROUBADOURS THE SLEUTHS WITCHES’ LOAVES THE PRIDE OF THE CITIES HOLDING UP A TRAIN ULYSSES AND THE DOGMAN THE CHAMPION OF THE WEATHER MAKES THE WHOLE WORLD KIN AT ARMS WITH MORPHEUS A GHOST OF A CHANCE JIMMY HAYES AND MURIEL THE DOOR OF UNREST THE DUPLICITY OF HARGRAVES LET ME FEEL YOUR PULSE OCTOBER AND JUNE THE CHURCH WITH AN OVERSHOT-WHEEL NEW YORK BY CAMP FIRE LIGHT THE ADVENTURES OF SHAMROCK JOLNES THE LADY HIGHER UP THE GREATER CONEY LAW AND ORDER TRANSFORMATION OF MARTIN BURNEY THE CALIPH AND THE CAD THE DIAMOND OF KALI THE DAY WE CELEBRATE THE GENTLE GRAFTER THE OCTOPUS MAROONED JEFF PETERS AS A PERSONAL MAGNET MODERN RURAL SPORTS THE CHAIR OF PHILANTHROMATHEMATICS THE HAND THAT RILES THE WORLD THE EXACT SCIENCE OF MATRIMONY A MIDSUMMER MASQUERADE SHEARING THE WOLF INNOCENTS OF BROADWAY CONSCIENCE IN ART THE MAN HIGHER UP A TEMPERED WIND HOSTAGES TO MOMUS THE ETHICS OF PIG ROLLING THE DREAM A RULER OF MEN THE ATAVISM OF JOHN TOM LITTLE BEAR HELPING THE OTHER FELLOW THE MARIONETTES THE MARQUIS AND MISS SALLY A FOG IN SANTONE THE FRIENDLY CALL A DINNER AT –––– SOUND AND FURY TICTOCQ TRACKED TO DOOM A SNAPSHOT AT THE PRESIDENT AN UNFINISHED CHRISTMAS STORY THE UNPROFITABLE SERVANT ARISTOCRACY VERSUS HASH THE PRISONER OF ZEMBLA A STRANGE STORY FICKLE FORTUNE OR HOW GLADYS HUSTLED AN APOLOGY LORD OAKHURST’S CURSE BEXAR SCRIP NO. 2692 QUERIES AND ANSWERS WAIFS AND STRAYS THE RED ROSES OF TONIA ROUND THE CIRCLE THE RUBBER PLANT’S STORY OUT OF NAZARETH CONFESSIONS OF A HUMORIST THE SPARROWS IN MADISON SQUARE HEARTS AND HANDS THE CACTUS THE DETECTIVE DETECTOR THE DOG AND THE PLAYLET A LITTLE TALK ABOUT MOBS THE SNOW MAN O HENRYANA THE CRUCIBLE A LUNAR EPISODE THREE PARAGRAPHS BULGER’S FRIEND A PROFESSIONAL SECRET THE ELUSIVE TENDERLOIN THE STRUGGLE OF THE OUTLIERS MY TUSSLE WITH THE DEVIL by O. Henry’s Ghost THE BARRAGE FIRE COMMENTS OVER THERE FOREWORD MY TUSSLE WITH THE DEVIL THE CONTEST SLEEPING YEARNING ANIMALS WEARINESS THE SLAVE FREEDOM JEWELS MULTITUDES GOING HOME THE THREE H’S THE SENSES FANCIES TRUSTING THOUGHTS THINKING YESTERDAY-TODAY “LOVE” A VISION

America’s master of the short story has entertained readers for over a hundred years. This eBook offers you the unique opportunity of exploring O. Henry’s work in a manner never before possible in digital print. The edition includes every O. Henry short story collection, with poems and letters and other bonus texts. (Version 2) * concise introductions to the works * ALL the short story collections and each with their own contents table * overall contents tables for the short stories – both alphabetical and chronological – find that special story quickly and easily! * rare short story collections like O HENRYANA and THE TWO WOMEN – often missed out of collections * includes O. Henry’s poetry and letters * EVEN includes the enigmatic LETTERS TO LITHOPOLIS FROM O. HENRY TO MABEL WAGNALLS, available in no other collection * includes the BONUS text of C. Alphonso Smith’s famous biography – explore O. Henry’s interesting life! * ALSO includes the story collection MY TUSSLE WITH THE DEVIL by O. Henry’s Ghost for your enjoyment * images relating to O. Henry’s life, works, places and film adaptations * scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres, allowing easy navigation around O. Henry’s works * Updated with improved texts and corrections CONTENTS: The Short Story Collections CABBAGES AND KINGS THE FOUR MILLION THE TRIMMED LAMP HEART OF THE WEST THE VOICE OF THE CITY ROADS OF DESTINY OPTIONS STRICTLY BUSINESS WHIRLIGIGS THE TWO WOMEN SIXES AND SEVENS THE GENTLE GRAFTER ROLLING STONES WAIFS AND STRAYS O HENRYANA MY TUSSLE WITH THE DEVIL BY O. HENRY’S GHOST The Short Stories CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF SHORT STORIES ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SHORT STORIES The Poetry LIST OF POEMS The Letters LIST OF LETTERS LETTERS TO LITHOPOLIS FROM O. HENRY TO MABEL WAGNALLS The Biography O. HENRY BIOGRAPHY BY C. ALPHONSO SMITH

Winner of the Historic New England Book Prize (2009) Winner of the Henry-Russell Hitchcock Book Award (2010) Henry Austin's (1804–1891) works receive consideration in books on nineteenth-century architecture, yet no book has focused scholarly attention on his primary achievements in New Haven, Connecticut, in Portland, Maine, and elsewhere. Austin was most active during the antebellum era, designing exotic buildings that have captured the imaginations of many for decades. James F. O'Gorman deftly documents Austin's work during the 1840s and '50s, the time when Austin was most productive and creative, and for which a wealth of material exists. The book is organized according to various building types: domestic, ecclesiastic, public, and commercial. O'Gorman helps to clarify what buildings should be attributed to the architect and comments on the various styles that went into his eclectic designs. Henry Austin is lavishly illustrated with 132 illustrations, including 32 in full color. Three extensive appendices provide valuable information on Austin's books, drawings, and his office.

Presents sixteen short fiction stories by nineteenth-century American author O. Henry, including the title work about the Christmas sacrifices of a young married couple.

"The Gift of the Magi" is a short story by O. Henry first published in 1905. The story tells of a young husband and wife and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money. As a sentimental story with a moral lesson about gift-giving, it has been popular for adaptation, especially for presentation at Christmas time.

An illustrated collection of more than 200 stories arranged in chronological order of publication.

A collection of 19 short stories from the West. Several of the funniest and best stories by O. Henry appear in this book, which is made up of about twenty-five of his inimitable tales of Western life and types which have appeared at intervals in the magazines. These stories are the best of their kind since Bret Harte. William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 - June 5, 1910), known by his pen name O. Henry, and his surprise endings, was an American short story writer. He was born in Greensboro, North Carolina. He changed the spelling of his middle name to Sydney in 1898. HEARTS AND CROSSES (excerpt) Baldy Woods reached for the bottle, and got it. Whenever Baldy went for anything he usually-but this is not Baldy's story. He poured out a third drink that was larger by a finger than the first and second. Baldy was in consultation; and the consultee is worthy of his hire. ""I'd be king if I was you,"" said Baldy, so positively that his holster creaked and his spurs rattled...

The internationally acclaimed Canadian humorist, Stephen Leacock produced over thirty books of light-hearted sketches and essays. The beguiling fantasies and hilarious tales of ‘Literary Lapses’ (1910), ‘Nonsense Novels’ (1911) and ‘Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town’ (1912) helped launch Leacock’s career as a master writer of humour. He also produced learned and well-researched non-fiction books, including important historical works on his beloved home of Canada and reviews of literary figures. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Leacock’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Leacock’s life and works * All 27 short story collections, with individual contents tables * Features rare books appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including ‘Hellements of Hickonomics’ * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories * Easily locate the short stories you want to read * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Rare non-fiction works available in no other collection, including ‘How to Write’ and ‘Our British Empire’ * Includes Leacock’s play and autobiography * Features Peter McArthur’s seminal biography – discover Leacock’s literary life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Fiction Literary Lapses Nonsense Novels Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town Behind the Beyond Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy Further Foolishness Essays and Literary Studies Frenzied Fiction The Hohenzollerns in America Winsome Winnie My Discovery of England College Days Over the Footlights The Garden of Folly Winnowed Wisdom Short Circuits The Iron Man and the Tin Woman Laugh with Leacock The Dry Pickwick Afternoons in Utopia Hellements of Hickonomics in Hiccoughs of Verse Done in Our Social Planning Mill Model Memoirs Too Much College My Remarkable Uncle Happy Stories Last Leaves The Short Stories List of Short Stories in Chronological Order List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order The Play “Q”: A Farce in One Act The Non-Fiction Elements of Political Science Baldwin, Lafontaine, Hincks: Responsible Government Adventurers of the Far North The Dawn of Canadian History The Mariner of St. Malo The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice Mackenzie, Baldwin, Lafontaine, Hincks Economic Prosperity in the British Empire Mark Twain Charles Dickens: His Life and Work Humor: Its Theory and Technique, with Examples and Samples The Greatest Pages of American Humor Humor and Humanity Here Are My Lectures My Discovery of the West Our British Empire Canada: The Foundations of Its Future Our Heritage of Liberty Montreal: Seaport and City Canada and the Sea While There is Time How to Write The Autobiography The Boy I Left Behind Me The Biography Stephen Leacock by Peter McArthur Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks