Front matter
Reading edition
TO ETHEL SMYTH
NOTE
Most of the stories and sketches in this book have appeared in the Morning Post. One of them was published in the Westminster Gazette. I have to thank the editors and proprietors concerned for their kindness in allowing me to republish them.
CONTENTS
ORPHEUS IN MAYFAIR
THE CRICKET MATCH AN INCIDENT AT A PRIVATE SCHOOL
THE SHADOW OF A MIDNIGHT A GHOST STORY
JEAN FRANCOIS
THE FLUTE OF CHANG LIANG
“WHAT IS TRUTH?”
A LUNCHEON-PARTY
FETE GALANTE
THE GARLAND
THE SPIDER’S WEB
EDWARD II. AT BERKELEY CASTLE BY AN EYE-WITNESS
THE ISLAND
THE MAN WHO GAVE GOOD ADVICE
RUSSALKA
THE OLD WOMAN
DR. FAUST’S LAST DAY
THE FLUTE-PLAYER’S STORY
A CHINAMAN ON OXFORD
VENUS
THE FIRE
THE CONQUEROR
THE IKON
THE THIEF
THE STAR
CHUN WA