Barnes & Noble Digital Library

Davis’s beloved character of Gallegher—a crime-solving Philadelphia newsboy—is introduced in this collection of short stories. The character later inspired Walt Disney to create a series of the same name that aired to great popularity in the 1960s. In another story in the volume, “The Cynical Miss Catherwaight,” Courtlandt Van Bibber resurfaces—a wealthy man about town who is Davis’s signature creation.