The definitive collection by the man whose craft and vision remains an enduring influence on generations of readers and writers. Contains twenty-one stories not included in the 1938 omnibus "The first forty-nine."

Part I: "The First Forty-nine":Preface -- The short happy life of Francis Macomber -- The capital of the world -- The snows of Kilimanjaro -- Old man at the bridge -- Up in Michigan -- On the Quai at Smyrna -- Indian camp -- The doctor and the doctor's wife -- The end of something -- The three-day blow -- The battler -- A very short story -- Soldier's home -- The revolutionist -- Mr. and Mrs. Elliot -- Cat in the rain -- Out of Season -- Cross-country snow -- My old man -- Big two-hearted river -- The undefeated -- In another country -- Hills like white elephants -- Che Ti DIce La Patria? -- Fifty grand -- A simple enquiry -- Ten Indians -- A canary for one -- An Alpine idyll -- A pursuit race -- Today is Friday -- Banal story -- Now I lay me -- After the storm -- A clean, well-lighted place -- The light of the world -- God rest you merry, gentlemen -- The sea change -- A way you'll never be -- The mother of a queen -- One reader writes -- Homage to Switzerland -- A day's wait -- A natural history of the dead -- Wine of Wyoming -- The gambler, the nun, and the radio -- Fathers and sons. Part II. Short Stories Published in Books or Magazines Subsequent to "The First Forty-nine": One trip across -- The tradesman's return -- The denunciation -- The butterfly and the tank -- Night before battle -- Under the ridge -- Nobody ever dies -- The good lion -- The faithful bull -- Get a seeing-eyed dog -- A man of the world -- Summer people -- The last good country -- An African story. PART III Previously Unpublished Fiction. A train trip -- The porter -- Black ass at the cross roads -- Landscape with figures -- I guess everything reminds you of something -- Great news from the mainland -- The strange country.