Contains "The Story of the Futon of Tottori" (Hearn), "The Little Girl" (Mansfield), "The Luncheon" (Maugham), "A Shilling" (O'Flaherty), "The Mating of Marjorie" (Caldwell), "Cat in the Rain" (Hemingway), "Discovery of a Father" (Anderson), and "The Last Leaf" (O. Henry).