Preface

Some of the stories in this volume have already appeared in print. "The Red-Haired Girl" in The Windsor Magazine; "Colonel Halifax's Ghost Story" in The Illustrated English Magazine; "Glámr" I told in my Iceland: Its Scenes and Sagas, published 1863, and long out of print. "The Bold Venture" appeared in The Graphic; "The 9:30 Up-Train" as long ago as 1853 in Once a Week.

Contents

• Jean Bouchon
• Pomps and Vanities
• McAlister
• The Leaden Ring
• The Mother of Pansies
• The Red-haired Girl
• A Professional Secret
• Glámr
• H.P.
• Colonel Halifax's Ghost Story
• The Merewigs
• The "Bold Venture"
• Mustapha
• Little Joe Gander
• A Dead Finger
• Black Ram
• A Happy Release
• The 9.30 Up-train
• On the Leads
• Aunt Joanna
• The White Flag

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1927.

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