Saki
Hyacinth
Matilda ignores Mrs. Panstreppon's advice not to take her rumbustious son to the poll on his father's election day.
The Hounds of Fate
A man contemplating ending it all off the edge of a cliff is apparently - by an enormous stroke of luck - given a second chance.
Hermann the Irascible
A newly imported King of England finds a harsh - but effective - way of dealing with the country's feminists.
Bertie's Christmas Eve
Bertie Steffink takes action against his disapproving relatives.
Adrian
Mrs Mebberly takes on a little more than expected when she arranges to take the angelic looking young 'Adrian' on holiday.
The Treasure Ship
The Duchess of Dulverton sends an errant nephew to search for underwater gold.
The Easter Egg
Lady Barbara is charged with finding a suitably new and tasteful method for greeting the head of state of a small Euopean princedom.
Sredni Vashtar
A boy defies his hated guardian through the worship of a great ferret who lives in the tool-shed.
The Wolves Of Cernogratz
It is said that when a Cernogratz dies in the family castle, the wolves in the forest howl all night long ... but Baroness Gruebel, new owne
Shock Tactics
Bertie becomes increasingly frustrated by his mother who insists on reading all of his mail - so he mentions the problem to his friend Clovi
Quail Seed
A small grocery store comes up with an ingenious way of competing with the big city shops.
The Background
When Henri Deplis becomes the canvas for the final masterpiece of the great tatoo artist Andreas Pincini, he finds that life as a living wor