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Fiction - Short Story Genre

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Books in the Fiction - Short Story genre:

The Lost Gospel (1925)

What follows on the discovery of an apocryphal gospel.

Author(s): Arthur Train
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

Made-To-Order Stories (1925)

A dozen stories which originally appeared in St. Nicholas magazine.

Author(s): Dorothy Canfield
Illustrator(s): Dorothy P. Lathrop

Many Happy Returns of the Day! (1925)

Everybody has a birthday - and that's worth celebrating.

Author(s): Ellis Parker Butler
Illustrator(s): Unknown

The Monkey that Would not Kill (1925)

Two stories about Tricky or Gum, a mischievous monkey who could not be killed --hanged, drowned, blown up -- but not killed.

Author(s): Henry Drummond
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

The Strack Platform Readings (1925)

A collection of humorous stories suitable for recitation.

Author(s): Ellis Parker Butler
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Clever Bill (1926)

Soldier Bill Davis is left behind in Mary’s rush to be off to visit her aunt, but he manages to find a way to get to the train station ahead of her.

Author(s): William Nicholson
Illustrator(s): William Nicholson

Emma (1926)

Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever and rich, fancies her self a match-maker, but after her first effort, she can’t seem to do anything right. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Jane Austen
Illustrator(s): Unknown

He Rather Enjoyed It (1926)

A collection of ten short stories about Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge, that self absorbed promoter of the impossible.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

The Heart of a Goof (1926)

Nine short stories about golf narrated by the Oldest Member.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

The Holly Tree and Other Christmas Stories (1926)

Four short tales by Dickens including The Holly-tree, The Seven Poor Travellers, The Poor Relation’s Story, and The Haunted House.

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

The Incredulity of Father Brown (1926)

The third collection of detective stories about a Catholic priest who is considered one of the high spots of detective fiction.

Author(s): G. K. Chesterton
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Picture-Story Reading Lessons: Series I Dictionary (1926)

A set including My Story Book, Dictionary and teacher’s manual. There are two series.

Picture-Story Reading Lessons: Series I My Story Book (1926)

A set including My Story Book, Dictionary and teacher’s manual. There are two series.

Picture-Story Reading Lessons: Series II My Story Book (1926)

A set including My Story Book, Dictionary and teacher’s manual. There are two series.

The Tale of Samuel Whiskers (1926)

Tom Kitten is captured by rats who determine to make him into a pie. Originally published in a larger format, this book was retitled when published in the smaller format. Read online at wikisource. Or at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Beatrix Potter

Tales Told In Holland (1926)

A collection of stories, poems and pictures from Holland.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham

Winnie-the-Pooh (1926)

The first collection of stories about Pooh Bear, Christopher Robin and their friends and adventures in the hundred acre wood. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

The Behind Legs of the ’Orse (1927)

A collection of short stories.

Author(s): Ellis Parker Butler
Illustrator(s): Kleber Hall

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