As these two forces work in different parts of the story, the action is conveniently divided into parts to which names have been attached. First comes the introduction or proposition, wherein the time, place, circumstances, and protagonist are presented; then the entanglement, wherein the protagonist is brought into collision with the obstacle by the complicating force, and the interest begins to deepen. Next we have the climax, in which the struggle, and consequently the interest, are at their height; and this in turn is followed by the resolution, where the resolving force works and the knot begins to be untied. Finally there is the dénouement or conclusion. The career of each character may be conveniently spoken of as a line of interest. When the lines of interest become entangled we have the plot. The following diagram illustrates to the eye the development of a story. Of course it must be distinctly understood that no story is the result of a mere substitution in a formula. Sometimes the various steps in the working-out of a story overlap in such a manner that its development according to a prescribed plan is not apparent. [Illustration] Small _c_ is sometimes called the crisis, being the point at which the action is most intense and begins to turn toward the end. IV LIST OF REPRESENTATIVE SHORT-STORIES 1. ALDRICH: Marjorie Daw. 2. Quite So. 3. ANDREWS: Amici. 4. The Glory of the Commonplace. 5. A Good Samaritan. 6. BUNNER: "As One Having Authority." 7. Love in Old Cloathes. 8. BUNNER AND MATTHEWS: Documents in the Case. 9. CABLE: Posson Jone. 10. CHILD: The Man in the Shadow. 11. CLEMENS: Jumping Frog. 12. COBB: To the Editor of the Sun. 13. COLCORD: The Game of Life and Death. 14. DAVIS, R. H.: The Bar Sinister. 15. Gallegher. 16. The Lion and the Unicorn. 17. DOYLE: The Red-Headed League. 18. A Scandal in Bohemia. 19. The Striped Chest. 20. Through the Veil. 21. GARLAND: The Return of a Private. 22. GEROULD: On the Staircase. 23. HALE: The Man without a Country. 24. HARDY: The Three Strangers. 25. HARRIS: The Wonderful Tar Baby. 26. HARTE: Luck of Roaring Camp. 27. Tennessee's Partner. 28. HAWTHORNE: The Ambitious Guest. 29. Ethan Brand. 30. The Gray Champion. 31. The Great Stone Face. 32. "O. HENRY": Friends in San Rosario. 33. Jimmie Hayes and Muriel. 34. IRVING: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. 35. The Spectre Bridegroom. 36. JAMES: A Passionate Pilgrim. 37. JANVIER: In the St. Peter's Set. 38. The Passing of Thomas. 39. JEWETT: A Native of Winby. 40. KIPLING: The Brushwood Boy. 41. An Habitation Enforced. 42. The Maltese Cat. 43. My Lord the Elephant. 44. Rikki-tikki-tavi. 45. They. 46. The Tomb of His Ancestors. 47. Wee Willie Winkie.