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<div>This is a scan of Volume 005 of <b><i>Short Stories</i></b> containing two issues (February 1891 and March 1891). While it doesn't have covers (or ads - or the table of contents) for the individual issues, it does have a nice scan of the original publisher's bound volume binding with the magazine logo on the front cover.</div><div><br></div><div>These early issues of <b><i>Short Storie</i></b>s are far different from the later pulp issues of the magazine that most of us are familiar with. It was closer in format to its contemporary, <b><i>The Black Cat</i></b>, but unlike that magazine it relied more on reprints and translations from foreign publications than original content.<font size="3"><br></font></div><div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="3">The stories in the .pdf have been bookmarked for ease of access. With the touch of your mouse pointer, you can instantly go to any story in the bound volume. <br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div>The February 1891 issue features "The House Of The Seven Heads," an English translation of a rather gruesome<b> Dutch</b> tale by Adriaan Schade van Westrum about an elderly female servant who 
<p>is left in charge of an Amsterdam mansion when her master goes to his country house for the winter. When seven hapless burglars attempt to rob the home, the servant somehow manages to summon the strength to go Xena, Warrior Princess on the robbers, lopping off their heads one by 
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one with a giant broadsword.</div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">The story is based on a Dutch legend about an actual home in Amsterdam, the
<pre>House of the Heads (known as 'Huis met de Hoofden' in Dutch), a large 
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<p>canal house on the Keizersgracht 123 in Amsterdam. The house was built 
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in 1622, according to plans designed by Pieter de Keyser. <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">
<pre>The House of the Heads derives its name from the six ornaments shaped as heads, 
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<p>which adorn the facade. There is a legend that the heads refer to six 
thieves (as opposed to the seven in the story) who had tried to break in
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<pre>the house and were then beheaded by the maid of the house. However, it 
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<p>is accepted today that they are the images of the heads of six Roman 
gods: Apollo with the laurel wreath (the arts); Ceres with the grain 
(agriculture); Mercury with the winged helmet (trade); Minerva (wisdom);
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 Bacchus with the grapes (wine); and Diana with the half moon (hunt).</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Adriaan Schade van Westrum (1865-1917) was a Dutch author and journalist who 
<p>was born in Amsterdam. In 1893, he migrated to the United States. From 
1895 to 1908 he was the assistant editor of <b><i>The Critic</i></b>.
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<pre>Starting in 1910, he became a member of the editorial staff of the New 
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<p>York Tribune and served as their literary critic from 1913 until his 
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death in 1917.<br clear="none"></div><br clear="none"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><b><font><b><font><span><font><b><font><span><font><font><span><font>CONTENTS:</font></span></font></font></span></font></b></font></span></font></b></font></b></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><b><font><b><font><span><font><b><font><span><font><font><span><font>Short Stories </font></span></font></font></span></font></b></font></span></font></b></font></b></font>[v5 #1, #9, February 1891] (The Current Literature Publishing Co.; New York, 25¢, 128pp, smaller than standard)</div></div><div dir="ltr">1 · The House Of The Seven Heads · A. Schade Van Westrum; trans. by Alice Ballard Macdonald · ss</div>14 · The Orderly · Anon.; trans. by E. C. W. · vi<br clear="none">15 · An Old Lady’s Love Story · Anon. · ss Gentleman’s Magazine<br clear="none">22 · Paseshcheye · Ivan Turgenev; trans. by Nathan Haskell Dole · vi The Arena, as “A Visitation”<br clear="none">23 · The Pharisee Of Pigeon Creek · John McGovern · ss (r); from Collected Sketches.<br clear="none"><div dir="ltr">33 · Locating The Traitor · A. MacDougal · ss Pall Mall Budget</div>37 · Somebody’s Morning Glory · Marie More Marsh · ss The Chicago Tribune<br clear="none"><div dir="ltr">41 · A Face In The Crowd · Florence Clark · vi</div>42 · The Mysterious City · Frederick Boyle · ss Blackwood’s Magazine<br clear="none">52 · The New Wife · Laura A. Brown · vi Boston Courier<br clear="none">53 · The Two Householders [Gabriel Foot, Highwayman] · “Q” · ss The Day February 5, 1891<br clear="none">64 · The History Of A Hustler · Anon.; trans. by Mrs. E. C. Waggener · vi<br clear="none">66 · Diplomacy · Edith Sessions Tupper · vi<br clear="none">67 · Through Oculated Proof · Mark L. Griswold · ss (r); from Pittsburg Dispatch.<br clear="none">74 · The Floating Mill · Anon.; trans. by E. B. S. · vi<br clear="none">75 · Plata Por Trigo · Anon. · ss (r); from St. Louis Globe-Democrat.<br clear="none">83 · The Tremolo Stop · Ernest Jarrold · ss (r); from Collected Sketches.<br clear="none">86 · The Flying Courier · Arthur Collins Maclay · vi (r); from Milo Vashiki: A Tale Of Old Japan.<br clear="none">87 · Bettina’s Story · I. B. F. · ss New Orleans Picayune<br clear="none">90 · One More Absinthe · Francois Coppee · vi<br clear="none">91 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19, 1843<br clear="none">100 · The Moonlight Tryst · Fulvia · vi; from the Italian.<br clear="none">103 · Two Nancy Lees · Anon. · ss (r); from “Reminiscences Of An Old Mariner” in Hartford Courier.<br clear="none">109 · Alone on the Prairie · R. L. Ketchum · vi<br clear="none"><div>110 · The Midnight Skater · Anon. · ss; from Wild And Weird: Tales Of Imagination And Mystery..., originally in Russian. <br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><b><font><b><font><span><font><b><font><span><font><font><span><font>Short Stories </font></span></font></font></span></font></b></font></span></font></b></font></b></font> [v5 #2, #10, March 1891] (The Current Literature Publishing Co.; New York, 25¢, 128pp, smaller than standard)</div>129 · Deceptions: A Matrimonial Study · Haydee; trans. by E. Cavazza · ss (r); from the French.<br clear="none">137 · Frozen · E. Henderson · vi<br clear="none">138 · A Deputy Governor’s Wooing · André Theuriet; trans. by Isabel Smithson · ss (r); from the French.<br clear="none">147 · The Sad Hour · H. A. Grace · vi<br clear="none">148 · Abrum, Ca’line, And Asphalt · W. N. Harben · ss (r); from The Round Table.<br clear="none">159 · Afterward · Annie Reeve Aldrich · vi<br clear="none">160 · The Man Who Never Was Found · Edmond Spencer · ss (r); from 
<p>Parisian Police Archives / no indication if/of translator.<br clear="none">168 · The Old Violinist · Emma Churchman Hewitt · vi<br clear="none">169 · The Devils In Heaven · Rudolf Baumbach; trans. by Albert Gleaves ·
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<pre>ss (r); A Legend Of The Origin Of The Daisy.; translated from 
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the German.<br clear="none"><div dir="ltr">172 · The Races On The Neva · Iola Dorian; trans. by Nita Fitch · ss 
(r); from New York Saturday Review / from the French.</div>178 · The Ferryman · Opie Reed · vi (r); from The Kentucky Colonel.<br clear="none">179 · The Players At The Chess · Sebastian Evans · ss Longman’s Magazine<br clear="none">190 · Go Lead The Horse In · Anon.; trans. by E. C. · vi; translated from the Sicilian Folk Lore Dialect.<br clear="none">191 · Two Afternoons · Buckey O’Neill · ss The San Francisco Chronicle<br clear="none"><div dir="ltr">197 · Following The Sea · Ambrose Bierce · vi Cobwebs From An Empty 
Skull, George Routledge and Sons 1874, as by Dod Grile</div>200 · Jeanette · George Le Faure; trans. by I. S. · vi; from the French.<br clear="none">201 · The House Of Suddhoo · Rudyard Kipling · ss (r); from Collected Sketches.<br clear="none">208 · The Husking Bee · R. L. Ketchum · vi<br clear="none">209 · My Baboon Bedfellow · Anon. · ss Belgravia<br clear="none">215 · Professor Jovanny’s Funeral · Edward Iraneus Stephenson · ss (r); from The Manhattan.<br clear="none">227 · That Door · Lermina; trans. by E. C. Waggener · vi; from the French.<br clear="none"><div dir="ltr">228 · Among The Aoulad Nalel · Emile Masqueray; trans. by Eleanor Moore Hiestand · ss; from Algerian Sketches, in Le Figaro. From the French.</div>236 · Comfort · Edward Marshall · vi<br clear="none">236 · Timmy Mulligan’s Rally · James E. Kinsella · ss Chicago News</div><div>240 · The Goblin Barber · Johann Musaus · ss (r); from the German. </div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div>
<br>Subjects: Magazines; Periodicals; Short Stories; Arthur T. Quiller-Couch; Edgar Allan Poe; Will N. Harben; Rudyard Kipling; Ambrose Bierce</div>
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