THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP AND OTHER TALES With Condensed Novels, Spanish And American Legends, And Earlier Papers From The Writings Of Bret Harte By Bret Harte _With an Introduction by the Author_ PUBLISHERS’ NOTE In 1882, it was felt to be desirable that Mr. Harte’s scattered work should be brought together in convenient form, and the result was a compact edition of five volumes. After that date, as before, he continued to produce poems, tales, sketches, and romances in steady succession, and in 1897 his publishers undertook a uniform and orderly presentation of the results of more than thirty years of his literary activity. The fourteen volumes that embodied those results were enriched by Introductions and a Glossary prepared by Mr. Harte himself. The present Riverside Edition is based on the collection made in 1897, but is enlarged by the inclusion of later work. Boston, 4 Park Street, Autumn, 1902. CONTENTS GENERAL INTRODUCTION THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP AND OTHER SKETCHES. The Luck Of Roaring Camp. The Outcasts Of Poker Flat. Miggles Tennessee’s Partner. The Idyl Of Red Gulch Brown Of Calaveras CONDENSED NOVELS. Muck-A-Muck: A Modern Indian Novel. Selina Sedilia. The Ninety-Nine Guardsmen. Miss Mix. Mr. Midshipman Breezy: A Naval Officer. Guy Heavystone; Or, “Entire:” A Muscular Novel John Jenkins; Or, The Smoker Reformed Fantine. After The French Of Victor Hugo “La Femme”. After The French Of M. Michelet The Dweller Of The Threshold N. N.: Being A Novel In The French Paragraphic Style No Title. Handsome Is As Handsome Does. Lothaw; Or, The Adventures Of A Young Gentleman In Search Of A Religion. The Haunted Man: A Christmas Story. Terence Denville. Mary McGillup. The Hoodlum Band; Or, The Boy Chief. The Infant Politician, And The Pirate Prodigy. EARLIER SKETCHES. M’liss: An Idyl Of Red Mountain. Chapter I Smith’s Pocket. Chapter II Which Contains A Dream Of The Just Aristides. Chapter III Under The Greenwood Tree. Chapter IV Which Has A Good Moral Tendency. Chapter V “Open Sesame”. Chapter VI The Trials Of Mrs. Morpher. Chapter VII The People vs John Doe Waters. Chapter VIII The Author To The Reader—Explanatory. Chapter IX Cleaning Up. Chapter X The Red Rock High-Water Mark. A Lonely Ride. The Man Of No Account. Notes By Flood And Field. Waiting For The Ship: A Fort Point Idyl. A Night At Wingdam. SPANISH AND AMERICAN LEGENDS. The Legend Of Monte Del Diablo. The Right Eye Of The Commander. The Legend Of Devil’s Point. The Adventure Of Padre Vicentio: A Legend Of San Francisco. The Devil And The Broker: A Mediaeval Legend. The Ogress Of Silver Land; Or, The Diverting History Of Prince Badfellah And Prince Bulleboye. The Christmas Gift That Came To Rupert: A Story For Little Soldiers. GENERAL INTRODUCTION