Cabbages and Kings

Cabbages and Kings is a 1904 novel made up of interlinked short stories, written by O. Henry and set in a fictitious Central American country called the Republic of Anchuria. It takes its title from the poem ""The Walrus and the Carpenter"", featured in Lewis Carrolls Through the Looking Glass. In this book, O. Henry coined the term ""banana republic"". Table of Contents: I. ""FOX-IN-THE-MORNING"" II. THE LOTUS AND THE BOTTLE III. SMITH IV. CAUGHT V. CUPIDS EXILE NUMBER TWO VI. THE PHONOGRAPH AND THE GRAFT VII. MONEY MAZE VIII. THE ADMIRAL IX. THE FLAG PARAMOUNT X. THE SHAMROCK AND THE PALM XI. THE REMNANTS OF THE CODE XII. SHOES XIII. SHIPS XIV. MASTERS OF ARTS XV. DICKY XVI. ROUGE ET NOIR XVII. TWO RECALLS XVIII. THE VITAGRAPHOSCOPE