"Gallegher and Other Stories" by Richard Harding Davis

Richard Harding Davis was an American journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first American war correspondent to cover the Spanish–American War. This book is a collection of his short works of fiction. The volume contains: Gallegher, A Walk Up the Avenue, My Disreputable Friend, Mr. Raegen, The Other Woman, The Trailer for Room No. 8, "There Were Ninety and Nine," The Cynical Miss Catherwaight, Van Bibber and the Swan-boats, Van Bibber's Burglar, and Van Bibber as Best Man.