Life in the iron mills / Rebecca Harding Davis -- Decoration day ; The Hiltons' holiday / Sarah Orne Jewett -- One good time ; The gospel according to Joan / Mary Wilkins Freeman -- The yellow wall paper / Charlotte Perkins Gilman -- A visit to Avoyelles ; The godmother / Kate Chopin -- At the stuffed-animal house / Margaret Deland -- The other two ; The quicksand / Edith Wharton -- The fat of the land / Anzia Yezierska -- Appendix : "The American short story" / Katharine Fullerton Gerould.
