" That volume opens with such stories as "Old Esther Dudley" and "Howe's Masquerade," two of the "Legends of the Province House," and also includes a story about a family which is wiped out by an avalanche, "The Ambitious Guest."
Its second volume includes "Chippings with a Chisel" and "The Lily's Quest" before ending with "The Threefold Destiny." That volume opens with such stories as "Old Esther Dudley" and "Howe's Masquerade," two of the "Legends of the Province House," and also includes a story about a family which is wiped out by an avalanche, "The Ambitious Guest." Better known is the first volume, which features a story which Borges thought was the finest ever written, "Wakefield," as well as "The May-Pole of Mary Mount" and "Mr. Higginbotham's Catastrophe." Also including "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" and "The Minister's Black Veil," FTP, name this collection of short stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne, whose title implies that each story had previously been published in a periodical.
Its second volume includes "Chippings with a Chisel" and "The Lily's Quest" before ending with "The Threefold Destiny.
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