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Madame Bo-Peep, of the Ranches

Description: Short story set in Texas.
Date: June 1902
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Law and Order

Description: Short story set on a ranch in Texas.
Date: September 1910
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Buried Treasure

Description: Short story developed during O. Henry's time working as a draftsman at the Texas General Land Office.
Date: July 1908
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

The Snow Man

Description: Short story set in Colorado in the winter. "Editorial note.--Before the recent fatal illness of William Sydney Porter...this American master of short-story writing had begun for Hampton's Magazine the story printed below...When he realized that he could do no more...O. Henry told in detail the remainder of "The Snow Man" to Harris Merton Lyon..."
Date: August 1910
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Thimble Thimble

Description: O. Henry's selection of the winners of the puzzle prize, as announced in December 1908. Includes a letter to the editor from O. Henry with his reasons for selecting the four winners.
Date: February 1909
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Hearts and Crosses

Description: Short story set in Texas.
Date: December 1904
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

The Higher Abdication

Description: Short story set in San Antonio.
Date: August 1906
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Hearts and Hands

Description: Short story about a marshal and a prisoner.
Date: December 1902
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

The Discounters of Money

Description: A short story about a young millionaire in New York City.
Date: October 1908
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

The Octopus Marooned

Description: Short story set in Texas.
Date: September 1911
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Short Story About Election Votes]

Description: Short story regarding a bet made between a lawyer and a surgeon during a political race in Texas.
Date: 1930~
Partner: The Williamson Museum

The Struggle of the Outliers

Description: A short story about two men fighting over the same woman.
Date: August 1902
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Money Maze

Description: A short story set in Central America. This story is said to have served as the literary foundation of "Cabbages and Kings."
Date: May 1901
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Remorse

Description: A three-stanza poem by O. Henry and published under the pen name S. H. Peters.
Date: July 1903
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

The Crucible

Description: Three-stanza poem by O. Henry. "O. Henry's last poem...One of two poems found in a notebook after his death."
Date: September 1910
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

The Quest of Soapy

Description: "This is one of the best and most characteristic of the sketches of lower New York life by O. Henry...The story under another title--"The Cop and the Anthem"--appears in the collection of O. Henry's stories, "The Four Million."
Date: November 1908
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Story of Lucian Talahasse Corwin]

Description: Story of the experiences of Lucian Talahasse Corwin's experiences at a Texas frontier cavalry outpost.
Date: unknown
Partner: The Williamson Museum
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