Herman Melville wrote short stories for 2 of the 19th-century's leading monthly magazines, Harper's and Putnam's. 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.