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Book Excerpt: ...Part I: StoriesPeterOn the DivideEric Hermannsons SoulThe Sentimentality of William TavenerThe NamesakeThe Enchanted BluffThe Joy of Nelly DeaneThe Bohemian GirlConsequencesThe Bookkeepers WifeArdessaHer BossPart II: Reviews and EssaysMark TwainWilliam Dean HowellsEdgar Allan PoeWalt WhitmanHenry JamesHarold FredericKate ChopinStephen CraneFrank NorrisWhen I Knew Stephen CraneOn the Art of Fiction...