Fireside Al's Treasury of Classic Stories

by Alan Maitland

The necklace -- Butch minds the baby -- A tradition of eighteen hundred and four -- Rip Van Winkle -- Michael -- To build a fire -- The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras county -- The signalman -- Come again in the spring -- In my indolence -- Mr. Higginbotham's catastrophe -- Lochinvar -- The griffin and the minor canon -- The elixir of father Gaucher -- Taste -- The masque of red death -- The lady with the dog -- The Schartz-Metterklume method -- A lodging for the night -- The canterville ghost

326 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

Reviews

[Heather · Rating 5 out of 5]

"'That's quite absurd! You have merely to go to bed and blow out the candle. It is very difficult sometimes to keep awake, especially at church, but there is no difficulty at all about sleeping. Why, even babies know how to do that, and they are not very clever.'" The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde.

Alan Maitland knew how to choose a story. He knew how to tell one too. I think of him often, this time of year, and miss his stories.

Any of his collections are well worth the read!