"The Lady, or the Tiger?" is a much-anthologized short story written by Frank R. Stockton for publication in the magazine The Century in 1882. "The Lady, or the Tiger?" has entered the English language as an allegorical expression, a shorthand indication or signifier, for a problem that is unsolvable.
This is the first book publication, with other stories.
CONTENTS.
THE LADY, OR THE TIGER? •. 1
THE TRANSFERRED GHOST. 11
THE SPECTRAL MORTGAGE. 28
OUR ARCHERY CLUB. 52
THAT SAME OLD 'COON. 74
HIS WIFE'S DECEASED SISTER 99
OUR STORY. 115
MR. TOLMAN 134
ON THE TRAINING OF PARENTS • 1U6
OUR FIRE-SCREEN 178
A PIECE OF RED CALICO • 187
EVERY MAN HIS OWN LETTER-WRITER