LITTLE CLASSICS
EDITED BY
ROSSITER JOHNSON
STORIES OF FORTUNE
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
1914
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
1914
COPYRIGHT, 1875, BY JAMES R. OSGOOD & CO.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
CONTENTS.
THE GOLD-BUG
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
THE FAIRY-FINDER
Samuel Lover
Samuel Lover
MURAD THE UNLUCKY
Maria Edgeworth
Maria Edgeworth
THE CHILDREN OF THE PUBLIC
Edward Everett Hale
Edward Everett Hale
THE RIVAL DREAMERS
John Banim
John Banim
THE THREEFOLD DESTINY
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne
THE GOLD-BUG.
BY EDGAR ALLAN POE.
| What ho! what ho! this fellow is dancing mad! He hath been bitten by the Tarantula. |
| All in the Wrong. |
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ANY years ago I contracted an intimacy with a Mr. William Legrand. Hewas of an ancient Huguenot family, and had once been wealthy; but aseries of misfortunes had reduced him to want. To avoid themortification consequent upon his disasters, he left New Orleans, thecity of his forefathers, and took up his residence at Sullivan'sIsland, near Charleston, South Carolina.
This island is a very singular one. I
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