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• ISBN: 0679601228 (alk. paper)
• ISBN: 9780679601227 (alk. paper)
• Physical Description: x, 340 p. ; 20 cm.
• Publisher: New York : Modern library, 1994, c1945.

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General Note:

Originally published: New York : Doubleday, 1945.

Formatted Contents Note:

The gift of the Magi -- A cosmopolite in a café -- Man about town -- The cop and the anthem -- The love-philtre of Ikey Schoenstein -- Mammon and the archer -- Springtime à la carte -- From the cabby's seat -- An unfinished story -- The romance of a busy broker -- The furnished room -- Roads of destiny -- The enchanted profile -- The passing of Black Eagle -- A retrieved reformation -- The renaissance at Charleroi -- Shoes -- Ships -- The hiding of Black Bill -- The duplicity of Hargraves -- The ransom of Red Chief -- The merry month of May -- The whirligig of life -- A blackjack bargainer -- A lickpenny lover -- The defeat of the city -- Squaring the circle -- Transients in Arcadia -- The trimmed lamp -- The pendulum -- Two Thanksgiving Day gentlemen -- The making of a New Yorker -- The lost blend -- A Harlem tragedy -- A midsummer knight's dream -- The last leaf -- The count and the wedding guest -- A municipal report.

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