The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford

Contents

''The Innocents Abroad''

• "Maggie Meriwether's Rich Experience"
• "The Children's Game"
• "The Echo and the Nemesis"
• "The Maiden"
• "A Modest Proposal"
• "Caveat Emptor"

  ''The Bostonians, and Other Manifestations of the American Scene''

• "Life is No Abyss"
• "The Hope Chest"
• "Polite Conversation"
• "A Country Love Story"
• "The Bleeding Heart"
• "The Lippia Lawn"
• "The Interior Castle"

  ''Cowboys and Indians, and Magic Mountains''

• "The Healthiest Girl in Town"
• "The Tea Time of the Stouthearted Ladies"
• "The Mountain Day"
• "The Darkening Moon"
• "Bad Characters"
• "In the Zoo"
• "The Liberation"
• "A Reading Problem"
• "A Summer Day"
• "The Philosophy Lesson"

  ''Manhattan Island''

• "Children Are Bored on Sunday"
• "Beatrice Trueblood's Story"
• "Between the Porch and the Altar"
• "I Love Someone"
• "Cops and Robbers"
• "The Captain's Gift"
• "The End of a Career"