Author of “Degeneration,” “Comedy of Sentiment,” “The Right to Love,” “How Women Love,” Etc. PAGE CANT AND HUMBUG. A story of English selfishness and American thriftiness. 5 WIFE VERSUS NATIVE LAND. This story shows how a man may quit smoking for spite, but not for love. 38 ALI HADJI EFFENDI. The adventures of a wandering fanatic of Islam. 59 THE CROSS AT THE CORNER. A story of the religious devotion of an aged Hungarian. 80 THE ALTAR PAINTING. The love tragedy of an Italian artist. 100 A CHRISTMAS EVE IN PARIS. A pathetic incident of suffering in the Franco-Prussian War, during the siege of Paris. 120 THE STEPMOTHER. An ingenious discussion of that much-abused matron. 139 PAS DE CHANCE (No…
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