Waifs and Strays

{{Short description|Short story collection by O. Henry}}

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| caption = O. Henry, from the frontispiece of Waifs and Strays (1917)

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| publisher = Doubleday, Page & Company

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Waifs and Strays is a short story collection by O. Henry, released posthumously in 1917. It was published by Doubleday, Page & Company.{{cite book|authorlink=O. Henry|author=Henry, O.|date=1917|title=Waifs and Strays|publisher=Doubleday|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.93916|page=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.93916/page/n223 223]|quote=waifs and strays o. henry new york times.}}