"The Norton Anthology is the most extensive colection of significant classic and modern short stories available anywhere; it's really the complete and essential anthology." --Russell J. Jandoli, St. Bonaventure Univ. " Although I thought that the first edition of the Norton Anthology of Short Fiction was excellent, the second edition is far superior, expecially through the addition of stories by Poe, Cather, and Henry James, as well as additional stories by 'major' writers." --Roy C. Moose, Univ. of N. Carolina.