PUBLISHERS’ NOTE
PUBLISHERS’ NOTE
In 1882, it was felt to be desirable that Mr. Harte’s scattered work should be brought together in convenient form, and the result was a compact edition of five volumes. After that date, as before, he continued to produce poems, tales, sketches, and romances in steady succession, and in 1897 his publishers undertook a uniform and orderly presentation of the results of more than thirty years of his literary activity. The fourteen volumes that embodied those results were enriched by Introductions and a Glossary prepared by Mr. Harte himself.
The present Riverside Edition is based on the collection made in 1897, but is enlarged by the inclusion of later work.
Boston, 4 Park Street, Autumn, 1902.
CONTENTS
PUBLISHERS’ NOTE
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP
THE OUTCASTS OF POKER FLAT
MIGGLES
TENNESSEE’S PARTNER
THE IDYL OF RED GULCH
BROWN OF CALAVERAS
MUCK-A-MUCK.
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
SELINA SEDILIA.
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
THE NINETY-NINE GUARDSMEN.
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
MISS MIX.
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
MR. MIDSHIPMAN BREEZY.
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
GUY HEAVYSTONE; OR, “ENTIRE”.
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
JOHN JENKINS.
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III AND LAST
FANTINE.
PROLOGUE
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
“LA FEMME”.
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
THE DWELLER OF THE THRESHOLD.
BOOK II
BOOK III
BOOK IV
N. N.
NO TITLE.
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER LAST
HANDSOME IS AS HANDSOME DOES.
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
LOTHAW.
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
THE HAUNTED MAN.
PART I
PART II
TERENCE DENVILLE.
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
MARY McGILLUP.
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
THE HOODLUM BAND.
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
M’LISS.
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
HIGH-WATER MARK.
A LONELY RIDE.
THE MAN OF NO ACCOUNT.
NOTES BY FLOOD AND FIELD.
PART I
PART II
WAITING FOR THE SHIP
A NIGHT AT WINGDAM
THE LEGEND OF MONTE DEL DIABLO
THE RIGHT EYE OF THE COMMANDER
THE LEGEND OF DEVIL’S POINT
THE ADVENTURE OF PADRE VICENTIO
THE DEVIL AND THE BROKER
THE OGRESS OF SILVER LAND
THE CHRISTMAS GIFT THAT CAME TO RUPERT