BY MAURICE BARING

BY MAURICE BARING

TO ETHEL SMYTH

NOTE Most of the stories and sketches in this book have appeared in the Morning Post. One of them was published in the Westminster Gazette. I have to thank the editors and proprietors concerned for their kindness in allowing me to republish them.

CONTENTS

ORPHEUS IN MAYFAIR

THE CRICKET MATCH AN INCIDENT AT A PRIVATE SCHOOL

THE SHADOW OF A MIDNIGHT A GHOST STORY

JEAN FRANCOIS

THE FLUTE OF CHANG LIANG

“WHAT IS TRUTH?”

A LUNCHEON-PARTY

FETE GALANTE

THE GARLAND

THE SPIDER’S WEB

EDWARD II. AT BERKELEY CASTLE BY AN EYE-WITNESS

THE ISLAND

THE MAN WHO GAVE GOOD ADVICE

RUSSALKA

THE OLD WOMAN

DR. FAUST’S LAST DAY

THE FLUTE-PLAYER’S STORY

A CHINAMAN ON OXFORD

VENUS

THE FIRE

THE CONQUEROR

THE IKON

THE THIEF

THE STAR

CHUN WA