The Best British Short Stories of (Volume 1926)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1922. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... BY WAY OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT We make grateful acknowledgment to the following authors, editors, agents, publishers, and copyright holders for permission to reprint the stories included in this volume: Michael Arlen, Curtis Brown, Ltd., W. Collins and Son, Ltd., George H. Doran Company, the Editor of The Sketch, the Editor of The Pictorial Review, Stacy Aumonier, Clifford Bax, D. F. Boyd, Gerald Bullett, John Lane, Thomas Burke, A. E. Coppard, Norman Davey, James B. Pinker and Son, Ltd., W. L. George, the Editor of The Century Magazine, Richard Hughes, A. S. M. Hutchinson, F. Tennyson Jesse, the Editor of Harper's Magazine, the Editor of John o' London's Weekly, Andrew H. Dakers, Sheila Kaye-Smith, D. H. Lawrence, Thomas Seltzer, Martin Seeker, J. Middleton Murry, W. Somerset Maugham, A. P. Watt and Son, Doubleday, Page & Company, Chatto and Windus, Ltd., C. E. Montague, Elinor Mordaunt, Liam O'Flaherty, Edwin Pugh, Sir Arthur T. QuillerCouch, L. De Giberne Sieveking, Osbert Sitwell, Grant Richards, Hugh Walpole, and Mary Webb. We regret that we have been unable to reprint The House of the Peacock by G. K. Chesterton and The Poet of the Heavenly Cook by Leonard Merrick owing to copyright difficulties, and wish to thank their agent, Mr. H. Watt, for his efforts on our behalf. If we have overlooked any name in these acknowledgments, it has been through inadvertence, and we trust that the error will be overlooked. We shall be grateful for suggestions from readers of this series, and shall particularly welcome the receipt of stories of merit which appear during the coming year in periodicals that do not come under our regular notice. Such communications may be addressed to Edward J. O'Brien, Care of Jonathan Cape, 11, Gower Street, L...