One of a handful of anthologies edited and introduced by Random House editor and co-founder Bennett Cerf.

Contents:

• Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
• The Apple Tree by John Galsworthy
• The Prussian Officer by D. H. Lawrence
• Miss Brill by Katherine Mansfield
• The Letter by W. Somerset Maugham
• The Snows of Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway
• Paul’s Case by Willa Cather
• I’m a Fool by Sherwood Anderson
• Haircut by Ring Lardner
• Turnabout by William Faulkner
• The Old Demon by Pearl Buck
• The Red Pony by John Steinbeck