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Cecil William Mercer
(1885–1960)
 

British novelist, used the pseudonym Dornford Yates; wrote novels and short stories, some humorous (the Berry books), some thrillers (the Chandos books), were best-sellers in the twenty-one year interwar period between the First and Second world wars

Cecil William Mercer

Works

  • The Brother of Daphne

Short stories from magazines

  • "For better or for Worse," (1919, Windsor Magazine)
  • "Beauty Repeats Itself," (1919, Windsor Magazine)
  • "The Desert Air," (1919, Windsor Magazine)
  • "As Rome Does," (1919, Windsor Magazine)
  • "Valérie," (1919, Windsor Magazine)
  • "Nemesis," (1919, Windsor Magazine)
  • "By Order of the Trustees," (1921, Windsor Magazine)
  • "A Snare and a Delusion," (1922, Windsor Magazine)
  • "Nobility and Gentry," (1922, Windsor Magazine)
  • "Manners and Customs," (1922, Windsor Magazine)
  • "A Royal Progress," (1922, Windsor Magazine)
  • "Red Violets," (1922, Windsor Magazine)
  • "Zero," (1922, Windsor Magazine)
  • "No Thoroughfare," (1922, Windsor Magazine)
  • "A Tight Place," (1922, Windsor Magazine)
  • "Journey's End," (1922, Windsor Magazine)
  • "Fine Linen," (1922, Windsor Magazine)
  • "False Pretences," (1922, Windsor Magazine)
  • "A Drink Divine," (1924, Windsor Magazine)
  • "Private Papers," (1924, Windsor Magazine)
  • "A Fool's Errand," (1924, Windsor Magazine)
  • "A Private Scandal," (1924, Windsor Magazine)
  • "Mesalliance ," (1924, Windsor Magazine)
  • "Noblesse Oblige," (1924, Windsor Magazine)

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1927.

The author died in 1960, so works by this author are also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 60 years or less. Works by this author may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

 
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