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.