The new book “100 Years of the Best American Short Stories” (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 752 pp., $30) serves as a meta-anthology that celebrates the series’ long run.

Best Short Stories. Share full article. T.C. CLARKE. Feb. 18, 1899; Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from February 18, 1899, Section REVIEW, Page 106 ...