Table Of Contents:
Introduction ix

The Gift of the Magi 1(6)

A Cosmopolite in a Cafe 7(6)

Man About Town 13(6)

The Cop and the Anthem 19(7)

The Love-Philtre of IKey Schoenstein 26(6)

Mammon and the Archer 32(7)

Springtime A La Carte 39(7)

From the Cabby's Seat 46(5)

An Unfinished Story 51(8)

The Romance of a Busy Broker 59(4)

The Furnished Room 63(8)

Roads of Destiny 71(25)

The Enchanted Profile 96(8)

The Passing of Black Eagle 104(13)

A Retrieved Reformation 117(9)

The Renaissance at Charleroi 126(16)

Shoes 142(10)

Ships 152(8)

The Hiding of Black Bill 160(13)

The Duplicity of Hargraves 173(15)

The Ransom of Red Chief 188(13)

The Marry Month of May 201(7)

The Whirligig of Life 208(7)

A Blackjack Bargainer 215(17)

A Lickpenny Lover 232(6)

The Defeat of the City 238(8)

Squaring the Circle 246(5)

Transients in Arcadia 251(6)

The Trimmed Lamp 257(14)

The Pendulum 271(5)

Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen 276(6)

The Making of a New Yorker 282(6)

The Lost Blend 288(7)

A Harlem Tragedy 295(7)

A Midsummer Knight's Dream 302(6)

The Last Leaf 308(7)

The Count and the Wedding Guest 315(7)

A Municipal Report 322