BOSTON

JOHN W. LUCE & COMPANY

Preface

I hope for this book that it may come into the hands of those that were kind to my others and that it may not disappoint them.

To the Editor of the Saturday Review my thanks are due for permission to republish here those of the following tales which have appeared in his columns, and, more than that, for the opportunity afforded me by his review of reaching a wider public than my books have attained to yet.

Contents

PAGE
Poltarnees, Beholder of Ocean[1]
Blagdaross[23]
The Madness of Andelsprutz[32]
Where the Tides Ebb and Flow[40]
Bethmoora[50]
Idle Days on the Yann[59]
The Sword and the Idol[93]
The Idle City[105]
The Hashish Man[116]
Poor Old Bill[127]
The Beggars[138]
Carcassonne[144]
In Zaccarath[168]
The Field[175]
The Day of the Poll[182]
The Unhappy Body[188]

List of Illustrations

We Would Gallop Through Africa[Frontispiece]
Romance Comes Down Out of Hilly WoodlandsTo face page[4]
The Soul of Andelsprutz“ “[34]
The Terrible Mud“ “[42]
Bird of the River“ “[60]
The Gate of Yann“ “[90]
The Silence of Ged“ “[108]
Thuba Mleen“ “[122]
Little Cottages ... Whose Looks We Did Not Like“ “[128]