Synopsis
A young man in the late 1800s, searching New York rooming houses for his lost love, is closer to her than he realizes.
Notes
First published in the August 14, 1904 issue of the New York Sunday World Magazine.
Publications (79)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | The Four Million | Doubleday, Page & Company / Review of Reviews Co. | Collection | 259 | |
| September 1925 |
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Weird Tales, September 1925 | Popular Fiction Publishing Co. | MAGAZINE | 337 |
| 1930 | American Short Stories of the Nineteenth Century | J. M. Dent & Sons | Anthology | |20 | |
| 1934 |
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The Mystery Book | Odhams Press | Anthology | 169 |
| 1937 |
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The Haunted Omnibus | Farrar & Rinehart | Anthology | 149 |
| 1937 | The Haunted Omnibus | Oxford | Anthology | 149 | |
| 1937 |
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The Haunted Omnibus | Cassell | Anthology | 149 |
| 1939 | Great Ghost Stories of the World: The Haunted Omnibus | Garden City Publishing Co. | Anthology | 149 | |
| 1939 |
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The Bedside Book of Famous American Stories | Random House | Anthology | 493 |
| 1941 |
|
Great Ghost Stories of the World | Blue Ribbon Books | Anthology | 149 |
| 1941 |
|
Great Ghost Stories of the World | Blue Ribbon Books | Anthology | 149 |
| October 1943 |
|
Tales of Terror | World Publishing Co. | Anthology | 94 |
| 1944 |
|
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Modern Library | Anthology | 509 |
| 1947 | Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Hammond, Hammond & Co. | Anthology | 405 | |
| 1947 |
|
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Modern Library | Anthology | 509 |
| 1956 |
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The Best of O. Henry: One Hundred of His Stories Chosen by Sapper | Hodder & Stoughton | Collection | 127 |
| 1957 | Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Hammond, Hammond & Co. | Anthology | 405 | |
| September 1963 |
|
The Haunters and the Haunted & Other Ghost Stories | Corgi | Anthology | 153 |
| 1964 | Classic American Short Stories | Barron's Educational Series | Anthology | 241 | |
| November 1967 |
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Terribly Strange Tales | Macrae Smith Company | Anthology | 47 |
| November 1967 |
|
Terribly Strange Tales | Macrae Smith Company | Anthology | 47 |
| 1969 | Tales of O. Henry | Doubleday | Collection | ||
| 1970 | The Impact of Fiction: An Anthology of Short Stories | Cummings Publishing Company | Anthology | 16 | |
| 1971 |
|
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Hammond, Hammond & Co. | Anthology | 405 |
| 1972 |
|
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Hammond, Hammond & Co. | Anthology | 405 |
| 1973 |
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The Supernatural in Fiction | McGraw-Hill | Anthology | 144 |
| 1974 |
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The Tenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories | Fontana | Anthology | 44 |
| 1974 |
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A Little Night Reading: Twenty Tales of Horror and the Supernatural | Roger Schlesinger | Anthology | 179 |
| 1974 |
|
Literature of the Supernatural | McDougal, Littell & Co. | Anthology | 108 |
| 1975 | Literature of the Supernatural | Lothrop, Lee & Shepard | Anthology | 92 | |
| September 1975 |
|
A Little Night Reading | Orbit / Futura | Anthology | 179 |
| October 1975 |
|
The Ghost's Companion | Gollancz | Anthology | 41 |
| 1976 |
|
The Ghost's Companion | Taplinger | Anthology | 41 |
| 1977 |
|
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Book Club Associates | Anthology | 405 |
| June 1977 |
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The Best Ghost Stories | Hamlyn | Anthology | 209 |
| 1978 |
|
The Ghost's Companion | Puffin | Anthology | 47 |
| 1978 |
|
Masters of Shades and Shadows: An Anthology of Great Ghost Stories | Doubleday | Anthology | 142 |
| 1979 |
|
65 Great Tales of the Supernatural | Octopus Books | Anthology | 337 |
| April 1979 |
|
Tales of O. Henry | International Collectors Library | Collection | 73 |
| 1980 |
|
65 Great Tales of the Supernatural | Sundial | Anthology | 337 |
| August 1980 |
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Echoes of Terror | Hamlyn | Anthology | 32 |
| 1982 |
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Specter! | Priam Books / Arbor House | Anthology | |
| 1982 |
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65 Great Tales of the Supernatural | Octopus Books / Marks and Spencer | Anthology | 337 |
| 1982 | Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Hutchinson | Anthology | 405 | |
| 1982 | 65 Great Tales of the Supernatural | Octopus Books | Anthology | 337 | |
| August 1982 |
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Specter!: A Chrestomathy of "Spookery" | Arbor House | Anthology | 56 |
| July 1989 |
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East Coast Ghosts | The Middle Atlantic Press | Anthology | 79 |
| March 1990 |
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The Best Ghost Stories (abridged) | Mallard Press | Anthology | 194 |
| September 1990 |
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The Best Ghost Stories (abridged) | Ivy Leaf | Anthology | 194 |
| 1992 |
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Great Vampires & Other Horrors | Chancellor Press | Anthology | 341 |
| July 1993 |
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100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories | Barnes & Noble Books | Anthology | 141 |
| 1994 | Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Modern Library | Anthology | 488 | |
| 1994 |
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The American Short Story: A Treasury of the Memorable and Familiar by the Great American Writers from Washington Irving to Saul Bellow | State Street Press | Anthology | 445 |
| 1994 |
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The American Short Story: A Treasury of the Memorable and Familiar by the Great American Writers from Washington Irving to Saul Bellow | Galahad Books | Anthology | 445 |
| October 1994 |
|
Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Bracken Books | Anthology | 289 |
| October 1994 |
|
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Modern Library | Anthology | 488 |
| 1995 |
|
Classic Ghost Stories | Lowell House | Anthology | 7 |
| 1996 |
|
Tales of Terror and the Supernatural: A Classic Collection | Leopard | Anthology | 289 |
| 1997 |
|
Classic Ghost Stories | Barnes & Noble Books | Anthology | |
| 1997 | 100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories | Barnes & Noble Books | Anthology | 141 | |
| 1998 |
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The Raven and the Monkey's Paw: Classics of Horror and Suspense from the Modern Library | Modern Library | Anthology | 179 |
| 1999 |
|
Classic Scary Stories | Lowell House | Anthology | 9 |
| 2001 |
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Classic Tales of the Supernatural | Arcturus Publishing | Anthology | 21 |
| 2002 |
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Great Vampire Stories | Chancellor Press | Anthology | 341 |
| 2002 |
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Great Ghost Stories: 34 Classic Tales of the Supernatural | Gramercy Books | Anthology | 21 |
| 2002 |
|
101 Stories | The Folio Society | Collection | 10 |
| October 2003 |
|
100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories | Sterling Publishing | Anthology | 141 |
| September 2006 |
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Tales to Freeze the Blood | Carroll & Graf | Anthology | 1 |
| October 2006 |
|
Scary Stories | Chronicle Books | Anthology | 130 |
| 2009 |
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Weird Tales, September 1925 | Girasol Collectables | Anthology | 337 |
| September 2012 |
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The Big Book of Ghost Stories | Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books | Anthology | 63 |
| December 2012 |
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The Big Book of Ghost Stories | Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books | Anthology | |63 |
| March 2016 |
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Great Ghost Stories: 101 Terrifying Tales | Fall River Press | Anthology | 230 |
| October 2017 |
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Classic Ghost Stories | Vintage (UK) | Anthology | 185 |
| 2019 |
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Weird Tales | Pulp Classics on DVD | Anthology | 337|10603337 |
| January 2019 |
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Haunted House Short Stories | Flame Tree Publishing | Anthology | |
| June 2020 |
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The Big Book of Ghost Stories | Highbridge / Recorded Books | Anthology | |63 |
| October 2020 |
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Road Kill: Texas Horror by Texas Writers Vol 5 | HellBound Books | Anthology | 89 |
| October 2020 |
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Road Kill: Texas Horror by Texas Writers Vol 5 | HellBound Books | Anthology | 89 |