A finest collection of 100 short stories by America's best short story writer O. Henry. About The Author: O. Henry (William Sydney Porter) 1862-1910 was born to Algernon Sidney Porter in Greenboro, North Carolina. A master story teller, writing about the life of ordinary people of New York. His stories are full of surprise endings. Table of Contents The Gift of the Magi A Composite in a Cafe Between Rounds The Skylight Room A Service of Love The Coming-out of Maggie The Cop and the Anthem Memories of Yellow Dog The Love-philtre of Ikey Schoenstein Mammon and the Archer Springtime a la Carte From the Cabby's Seat An Unfinished Story Sisters of the Golden Circle The Romance of a Busy Broker The Furnished Room The Brief Debut of Tidly Hearts and Crosses Telemachus, Friend The Handbook of Hymen The Trimed Lamp The Pendulum The Assessor of Successful The Buyer from Cactus City The Badge of Policeman O'Roon Brickdust Row The Making of a New Yorker Vanity and some Sables The Social Triangle The Lost Blend A Harlem Tragedy 'The Gulity Party' The Last Leaf The Count and the Wedding Guest The Tale of a Trainted Tenner Jeff Peters as a Personal Magnet The hand that Riles the World The Exact Science of Matrimony Conscienc