25 stories, mainly non-genre
First published April 1906 by {{publisher|McClure, Phillips & Co.}} --{{LCCN|06-12856}}
This is the first collection of O. Henry's "Stories of the Four Million", or stories of New York City life, named in reference to the city's approximate population. The Trimmed Lamp (1907), The Voice of the City (1908), and Strictly Business (1910) are three more, evidently from their "stories of the four million" subtitles.
Not very long ago some one invented the assertion that there were only "Four Hundred" people in New York City who were really worth noticing. But a wiser man has arisen--the census taker--and his larger estimate of human interest has been preferred in marking out the field of these little stories of the "Four Million".
--dedication page, following the title leaf (viewed at HathiTrust: 1st ed., 2nd printing)
- No clear copyright date in this book. "Copyright 1903, 1905, 1906, by Doubleday, Page & Company". Also there is this "1902 by Ess Ess Publishing Company" found on the copyright page.