Costain, Thomas Bertram (ed.); John Beecroft (ed.);
30 stories to remember
Doubleday, 1962, 884 pages
topics: | fiction-short | anthology
DAPHNE DU MAURIER The Split Second 1 KARL DECKER The theft of the Mona Lisa 38 STUART CLOETE The soldiers peaches 52 WALTER LORD A night to remember 62 GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Aerial Football, 118 WALTER D EDMONDS Courtship of my cousin 125 CORNELL WOOLRICH Hotel Room 175 WILLIAM FAULKNER Two soldiers 204 STEPHEN LEACOCK How we kept mothers 216 AGATHA CHRISTIE Witness for the prosecution 219 SHEILA BUMFORD The incredible journey 235 JAMES THURBER The catbird seat 291 MOSS HART Act One (extract from the book) 298 STEPHEN VINCENT BENET The Devil and Daniel 410 COLETTE Gigi 422 JAMES M BARRIE The little minister 457 W SOMERSET MAUGHAM The alien corn 478 JOHN F KENNEDY A Profile In Courage 507 JOHN BUCHAN The company of the Marjolaine 521 JESSAMYN WEST First day finish 539 ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Adventure of the Priory School 547 TRUMAN CAPOTE A Christmas Memory 569 ALICE DUER MILLER Death and Prof Raikes CARL STEPENSON Leiningen versus the ants 642 PAUL GALLICO Mrs Arris goes to Paris 658 RUDYARD KIPLING "They" 722 MAURICE WALSH Son of a tinker 738 ARTHUR C CLARKE History lesson 754 WERNER KELLER Truth about the flood 761 RUMER GODDEN A candle for St Jude 766