This is a collection of 15 short stories first published in St. Nicholas Magazine, a monthly publication aimed primarily for young readers. St. Nicholas was published from 1873 to 1940, and its list of writers reads like a Who's Who of American Literature: Louisa May Alcott, Mark Twain, and Joel Chandler Harris among them.
St. Nicholas published a number of collections of its articles, including Indian Stories, Colonial Stories, and Revolutionary Stories, as well as Bear, Cat, Brave Dogs, Lion and Tiger, and Panther Stories. The Civil War Stories are fascinating for readers of any age.