This collection of 100 of O Henry finest stories is a showcase for the sheer variety of one of America best and Best-loved short story writers. The variety of the stories is amazing; O Henry is as at home describing life south of the Rio Grande as he is Chronicling the activities and concerns of the four million ordinary citizens who inhabited turn-of the-century New York. They are marked by coincidence and surprise ending as well as the compassion and high humour that have made O Henry stories popular for the last century.