O. Henry's short stories are well known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization, and clever twist endings. This collection includes

• "The Last Leaf",
• "The Love Philter of Ikey Schoenstein",
• "The Caliph",
• "Cupid and the Clock",
• "The Brief Debut of Tildy",
• "The Higher Abdication",
• "The Ransom of Red Chief",
• "One Dollar’s Worth",
• "Cupid a la Carte",
• "Girl",
• "Springtime a la Carte",
• "The Ethics of Pig",
• "The Social Triangle",
• "Witches Loaves",
• "The Romace of the Buys Broker",
• "The Making of a New Yorker",
• "Squaring the Circle",
• "A Lickpenny Lover",
• "The Gift of the Magi",
• "Confessions of a Humorist",
• "The Last of the Troubadours",
• "The Furnished Room",
• "The Pride of the Cities",
• "A Retrieved Reformation",
• "The Cop and the Anthem",
• "Included by Courier",
• "Jimmie Hayes and Muriel",
• "School and Schools",
• "Roads of Destiny",
• "A Blackjack Bargainer",
• "A Cosmopolite in a Café",
• "Christmas by Injunction",
• " Mammon and the Archer",
• "A Bird of Bagdad",
• "After 20 Years",
• "From the Cabby’s Seat",
• " Lost on Dress Parade",
• "Memoirs of a Yellow dog",
• "Tobin’s Palm",
• "Transients in Arcadia",
• "The Trimmed Lamp",
• "The Skylight Room",
• "Ulysses and the Dogman",
• "The Pendulum",
• "The Enchanted Profile",
• "The Green Door",
• "The Third Ingredient",
• "The Princess and the Puma", and
• "Best-Seller".