Peter Rugg

Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

This volume offers a survey of American short fiction in 59 tales that combine classic works with 'different, unexpected gems', which invite readers to explore a wealth of important pieces by women and minority writers. Authors include: Amy Tan, Alice Adams, David Leavitt and Tim O'Brien.

A CHILD'S DREAM OF A STAR I.—HOW THE AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM OF THE BLACK BROTHERS WAS INTERFERED WITH BY SOUTHWEST WIND, ESQUIRE II.—OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE THREE BROTHERS AFTER THE VISIT OF SOUTHWEST WIND, ESQUIRE; AND HOW LITTLE GLUCK HAD AN INTERVIEW WITH THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER. III.—HOW MR. HANS SET OFF ON AN EXPEDITION TO THE GOLDEN RIVER, AND HOW HE PROSPERED THEREIN IV.—HOW MR. SCHWARTZ SET OFF ON AN EXPEDITION TO THE GOLDEN RIVER, AND HOW HE PROSPERED THEREIN V.—HOW LITTLE GLUCK SET OFF ON AN EXPEDITION TO THE GOLDEN RIVER, AND HOW HE PROSPERED THEREIN; WITH OTHER MATTERS OF INTEREST THE SNOW-IMAGE: A CHILDISH MIRACLE UNDINE I.—HOW THE KNIGHT CAME TO THE FISHERMAN'S COTTAGE II.—HOW UNDINE FIRST CAME TO THE FISHERMAN III.—HOW THEY FOUND UNDINE AGAIN IV.—OF WHAT HAD BEFALLEN THE KNIGHT IN THE FOREST V.—OF THE LIFE WHICH THE KNIGHT LED ON THE ISLAND VI.—OF A BRIDAL VII.—HOW THE REST OF THE EVENING PASSED AWAY VIII.—THE DAY AFTER THE MARRIAGE IX.—HOW THE KNIGHT AND HIS YOUNG BRIDE DEPARTED X.—OF THEIR WAY OF LIFE IN THE TOWN XI.—BERTALDA'S BIRTHDAY XII.—HOW THEY LEFT THE IMPERIAL CITY XIII.—HOW THEY LIVED IN THE CASTLE OF RINGSTETTEN XIV.—HOW BERTALDA DROVE HOME WITH THE KNIGHT XV.—THE TRIP TO VIENNA XVI.—OF WHAT BEFELL HULDBRAND AFTERWARDS XVII.—THE KNIGHT'S DREAM XVIII.—OF THE KNIGHT HULDBRAND'S SECOND BRIDAL XIX.—HOW THE KNIGHT HULDBRAND WAS INTERRED THE STORY OF RUTH THE GREAT STONE FACE THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN THE MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY THE NÜRNBERG STOVE RAB AND HIS FRIENDS PETER RUGG, THE MISSING MAN

This anthology collects early fifteen stories (1819-1916) that demonstrate time travel, time shifts, and other temporal tampering before the "golden age" of science fiction took time travel stories to heart. Stories include the well-known and sometimes overlooked: Rip Van Winkle, Peter Rugg, Missing One's Coach, A Christmas Carol, A Tale of the Ragged Mountains (Poe), The Clock that Went Backward, An Uncommon Sort of Spectre (Mitchell), Newton's Brain, The New Accelerator (H. G. Wells), "Wireless" (Kipling), The Hour-Glass, John Bartine's Watch (Bierce), Phantas (Oliver Onions), Accessory Before the Fact (Algernon Blackwood), and Enoch Soames. This is a useful collection for those investigating the early history of time travel fiction.