Originally published in 1883, The Gifts of the Child Christ and Other Tales was subsequently published with the title Stephen Archer and Other Tales.
Stephen Archer and Other Tales contents:
1. Stephen Archer
2. The Gifts of the Child Christ
3. The History of Photogen and Nycteris (also known as The Day Boy and The Night Girl)
4. The Butcher’s Bills
5. Port in a Storm
6. If I Had a Father
“Happy the man who shall be able to believe that old age itself, with its pitiable decays and sad dreams of youth, is the chastening of the Lord, a sure sign of his love and his fatherhood.”
Recommended Editions and Adaptations
From Johannesen Printing & Publishing
This edition of Stephen Archer and Other Tales was reproduced from the 1900 edition of Routledge, New York with photolithography.
The Gifts of the Child Christ short film adaptation, by Nils Taranger II