On cover: "The first forty-nine stories with a brief preface by the author."

Short happy life of Francis Macomber -- Capital of the world -- Snows of Kilimanjaro -- Old man at the bridge -- Up in Michigan -- On the Quai at Smyrna -- Indian camp -- Doctor and the doctor's wife -- End of something -- Three-day blow -- Battler -- A very short story -- Soldier's home -- Revolutionist -- Mr. and Mrs. Elliot -- Cat in the rain -- Out of season -- Cross-country snow -- My old man -- Big two-hearted river: part I -- Big two-hearted river: part II -- Undefeated -- In another country -- Hills like white elephants -- Killers -- 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 -- Light of the world -- God rest you merry, gentlemen -- Sea change -- A way you'll never be -- Mother of a queen -- One reader writes -- Homage to Switzerland -- A day's wait -- A natural history of the dead -- Wine of Wyoming -- Gambler, the nun, and the radio -- Fathers and sons