Herman Melville wrote short stories for two of the 19th-centurys leading monthly magazines, Harpers and Putnams. This collection features 14 selections from those magazines, including The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles, a dramatic story based on his real-life experiences on the Galapagos Islands, plus The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids, The Bell-Tower, more.