The present edition of Jack London's works presents the most significant novels, stories, stories and articles of the writer. The publication is based on the chronological principle. Stories are placed in the order adopted in the American editions of collections that appeared during the life of the writer .. The collections are arranged chronologically and in the vast majority of cases are printed in full . The first volume includes the so-called "northern" stories, combined in the collections "Son of the Wolf" (Boston, 1900), "The God of His Fathers" (Chicago, 1901), "Children of Frost" (New York, 1902) All the stories of the collection “Son of the Wolf”, with the exception of the “Northern Odyssey”, were first published in the magazine “Overland Mansley” (San Francisco) "White Silence" - February 1899. "Son of the Wolf" - April 1899. "On the Forty Mile" - in May 1899. "In the Far Land" - June 1899. "For Those on the Road" - January 1899. "By Right of the Priest" - July 1899. "Wisdom of the Snowy Trail" - December 1899. "The King's Wife" - August 1899. The story "The Northern Odyssey" was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in January 1900. "The God of His Fathers" - first published in McClures Magazine in May 1901 "The Great Mystery" - in the magazine "Encis Magazine" in September 1900. “A meeting that is hard to forget” in San Francisco Sunday Examiner, June 24, 1900. "Sivashka" - in the magazine "Enslis Magazine" in March 1901 . "The Scar Man" - in the magazine "McClurs Magazine" in September 1900. "Shrewd Yang" - in the magazine "Outing Magazine" in August 1900. "The Courage of a Woman" - in the magazine "McClurs Magazine" in August 1900. "Where the Paths Differ" - in Outing Magazine in December 1900. "Daughter of the Northern Lights" in the December 1900 issue of Christmas Wave. "Where the Rainbow Ends" in McClures Syndicate Pittsburgh Leader, March 24, 1901. "Women's Disgrace" - in the magazine "Overland Mansley" in May 1901. "In the Wildernesses of the North" - first published in Pearsons Magazine in September 1902. "The Law of Life" - in the magazine "McClurs Magazine" in March 1901. “Nam-Bok is a liar” in the magazine “Encis Magazine” in August 1902 "The Great Wizard" - published in the periodical "Autvest" in September 1902. “Aliens from the Solar Country” entered the collection “Children of the frost” in July 1902 "The Lonely Chief's Disease" in the October 1902 issue of Outwest. "Kish, son of Kish" - in the magazine "Enslis Magazine" in January 1902. "The Death of Ligun" - was included in the collection "Children of Frost" in July 1902 "Light-skinned Lee Wang" - in the magazine "Atlantic Mansley" in August 1902. "The League of Old Men" - in the magazine "Brander Magazine" in October 1902.