30 stories to remember

APHNE DU MAURIER The Split Second 1
KARL DECKER The theft of the Mona Lisa 38
STUART CLOETE The soldiers peaches 52
WALTER LORD A night to remember 62
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Aerial Football, 118
WALTER D EDMONDS Courtship of my cousin 125
CORNELL WOOLRICH Hotel Room 175
WILLIAM FAULKNER Two soldiers 204
STEPHEN LEACOCK How we kept mothers 216
AGATHA CHRISTIE Witness for the prosecution 219
SHEILA BUMFORD The incredible journey 235
JAMES THURBER The catbird seat 291
MOSS HART Act One (extract from the book) 298
STEPHEN VINCENT BENET The Devil and Daniel 410
COLETTE Gigi 422
JAMES M BARRIE The little minister 457
W SOMERSET MAUGHAM The alien corn 478
JOHN F KENNEDY A Profile In Courage 507
JOHN BUCHAN The company of the Marjolaine 521
JESSAMYN WEST First day finish 539
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Adventure of the Priory School 547
TRUMAN CAPOTE A Christmas Memory 569
ALICE DUER MILLER Death and Prof Raikes
CARL STEPENSON Leiningen versus the ants 642
PAUL GALLICO Mrs Arris goes to Paris 658
RUDYARD KIPLING "They" 722
MAURICE WALSH Son of a tinker 738
ARTHUR C CLARKE History lesson 754
WERNER KELLER Truth about the flood 761
RUMER GODDEN A candle for St Jude 766