Richard Harding Davis (1864-1916) was a journalist and writer, best known as the first American war correspondent to cover the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the WWI. This volume is a collection of short works, including The Scarlet Car, Playing Dead, Vera the Medium, The Romance in the Life of Lefty Burke, The Cynical Miss Catherwaight, and "Then There Were Ninety-Nine."