Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- SHORT STORIES AND SKETCHES -- Emancipation. A Life Fable -- Wiser Than a God -- A Point at Issue! -- Miss Witherwell's Mistake -- With the Violin -- Mrs. Mobry's Reason -- A No-Account Creole -- For Marse Chouchoute -- The Going Away of Liza -- The Maid of Saint Phillippe -- A Wizard from Gettysburg -- A Shameful Affair -- A Rude Awakening -- A Harbinger -- Doctor Chevalier's Lie -- A Very Fine Fiddle -- Boulôt and Boulotte -- Love on the Bon-Dieu -- An Embarrassing Position -- Beyond the Bayou -- After the Winter -- The Bênitous' Slave -- A Turkey Hunt -- Old Aunt Peggy -- The Lilies -- Ripe Figs -- Croque-Mitaine -- A Little Free-Mulatto -- Miss McEnders -- Loka -- At the 'Cadian Ball -- A Visit to Avoyelles -- Ma'ame Pélagie -- Désirée's Baby -- Caline -- The Return of Alcibiade -- In and Out of Old Natchitoches -- Mamouche -- Madame Célestin's Divorce -- An Idle Fellow -- A Matter of Prejudice -- Azélie -- A Lady of Bayou St. John -- La Belle Zoraïde -- At Chênière Caminada -- A Gentleman of Bayou Têche -- In Sabine -- A Respectable Woman -- Tante Cat'rinette -- A Dresden Lady in Dixie -- The Story of an Hour -- Lilacs -- The Night Came Slowly -- Juanita -- Cavanelle -- Regret -- The Kiss -- Ozème's Holiday -- A Sentimental Soul -- Her Letters -- Odalie Misses Mass -- Polydore -- Dead Men's Shoes -- Athénaïse -- Two Summers and Two Souls -- The Unexpected -- Two Portraits -- Fedora -- Vagabonds -- Madame Martel's Christmas Eve -- The Recovery -- A Night in Acadie -- A Pair of Silk Stockings -- Nég Créol -- Aunt Lympy's Interference -- The Blind Man -- A Vocation and a Voice -- A Mental Suggestion -- Suzette -- The Locket -- A Morning Walk -- An Egyptian Cigarette -- A Family Affair -- Elizabeth Stock's One Story.

The Storm A Sequel to "The 'Cadian Ball" -- The Godmother -- A Little Country Girl -- A Reflection -- Ti Démon -- A December Day in Dixie -- The Gentleman from New Orleans -- Charlie -- The White Eagle -- The Wood-Choppers -- Polly -- The Impossible Miss Meadows -- ESSAYS AND COMMENTS -- The Western Association of Writers -- "Crumbling Idols" by Hamlin Garland -- The Real Edwin Booth -- Emile Zola's "Lourdes" -- Confidences -- In the Confidence of a Story-Writer -- As You Like It -- I "I have a young friend ... " -- II "It has lately been ... " -- III "Several years ago ... " -- IV "A while ago . . . " -- V "A good many of us . . . " -- VI "We are told ..." -- On Certain Brisk, Bright Days -- POEMS -- If It Might Be -- Psyche's Lament -- The Song Everlasting -- You and I -- It Matters All -- In Dreams Throughout the Night -- Good Night -- If Some Day -- To Carrie B -- To Hider Schuyler -- To "Billy" with a Box of Cigars -- To Mrs. R -- Let the Night Go -- There's Music Enough -- An Ecstasy of Madness -- I Wanted God -- The Haunted Chamber -- Life -- Because -- To the Friend of My Youth: To Kitty -- NOVELS -- AT FAULT -- PART I -- PART II -- THE AWAKENING -- APPENDIX.