Novels by O. Henry (real name William Sydney Porter , 1862-1910) for a hundred years have attracted the reader with good humor. Optimism , "The Little American" , causing interest and sympathy for the life vicissitudes of clerks , Sellers, tramp, Unknown Artists , The Poets , Actresses , cowboys, Small adventurers , Farmers. A striking example of the original style of O. Henry is the story "Kings and Cabbage" (1904), consisting of adventurous and humorous novels, the action of which takes place in Latin America, but instead of kings he has presidents, and instead of cabbage - palm trees.