A superb collection of captivating short stories by leading classic writers, including:

• 'The Cone' by H. G. Wells
• 'The Dream Woman' by Wilkie Collins
• 'Fortunes Adrift' by Charles John Cutcliffe Hyne
• 'The Kidnapping of Phil Altamore' by Ella Hepworth Dixon
• 'The Table Under the Tree' by E. Phillips Oppenheim
• 'In Yeddo Bay' by Jack London
• 'The Man with the Canine Teeth' by Edgar Wallace
• 'The Open Boat' by Stephen Crane
• 'Make Westing' by Jack London
• 'The Pope's Mule' by Alphonse Daudet
• 'The Old Ancient Ship' by Morley Roberts
• 'The Yacht' by Arnold Bennett
• 'The Village That Voted the Earth was Flat' by Rudyard Kipling
• 'The Brute' by Joseph Conrad
• 'Bound for Rio Grande' by A. E. Dingle
• 'An Old Fashioned Christmas Eve' by Peter Christen Asbjörnsen
• 'The Far Islands' by John Buchan
• 'The High Seas' by Elinor Mordaunt
• 'A Bohemian Bag' by F. Anstey
• 'The 9.30 Up Train' by Sabine Baring-Gould

Plus many more gripping short stories by famous writers.