English short stories / introduced by David Hughes ; illustrated by Rod Waters.

Introduction -- The Manchester marriage / Mrs. Gaskell -- The Tuggses at Ramsgate / Charles Dickens -- The man who kept his money in a box / Anthony Trollope -- The lady of Glenwith Grange / Wilkie Collins -- The case of General Ople and Lady Camper / George Meredith -- The three strangers / Thomas Hardy -- Markheim / R.L. Stevenson -- The foolish virgin / George Gissing -- The secret sharer / Joseph Conrad -- How the brigadier slew the fox / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -- 'Oh, whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad' / M.R. James -- Bill's paper chase / W.W. Jacobs -- Beyond the pale / Rudyard Kipling -- Gentlemen and players / E.W. Hornung -- His worship the goosedriver / Arnold Bennett -- The disapearance of Crispina Umberleigh / 'Saki' -- The custody of the pumpkin / P.G. Wodehouse -- The Border line / D.H. Lawrence -- A pair of duelling pistols / Sylvia Townsend Warner -- Eleven o'clock / V.S. Pritchett -- Fresh air fiend / Angus Wilson -- A member of the family /Muriel Spark.