Copyright 1935, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1955 by Graham Greene

All rights reserved

First published in U.S.A. in 1949 under the title Nineteen Stories.
Retitled and republished in 1962, with three stories added and one
omitted, by The Viking Press, Inc., 625 Madison Avenue,
New York 22, N.Y.

Acknowledgment is made to the magazines in which these stories
originally appeared: The New Yorker, "Men at Work"; Harper's
Magazine, "Proof Positive," "A Drive in the Country," and "The
Destructors"; Story, "A Chance for Mr. Lever"; Esquire, "When
Greek Meets Greek"; Tomorrow, "The Innocent"; Town & Country,
"The Basement Room"; Commonweal, "The Hint of an Explanation."

Library of Congress catalog card number: 62-11670
PRINTED IN U.S.A.

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