Compiled in this volume are the riches of America's best storyteller, O. He composed more than six hundred stories in his lifetime. Out of these, seventy stories have been compiled in this exquisitely designed classic leather-bound edition, including some of his masterpieces, such as ' The Gift of the Magi, ' ' The Ransom of the Red Chief, ' ' A Retrieved Information, ' ' The Duplicity of Hargraves, ' and ' An Unfinished Story, ' among others.