The last book of wonder

The last book of wonder

Author: Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron, 1878-1957

Year: 1916

A tale of London.--Thirteen at table.--The city on Mallington Moor.--Why the milkman shudders when he perceives the dawn.--The bad old woman in black.--The bird of the difficult eye.--The long porter's tale.--The loot of Loma.--The secret of the sea.--How Ali came to the black country.--The Bureau d'echange de maux.--A story of land and sea.--A tale of the equator.--A narrow escape.--The watch-tower.--How Plash-Goo came to the Land of none's desire.--The three sailor's gambit.--The exiles club.--The three infernal jokes