The Last Book of Wonder

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The Last Book of Wonder
Author	Lord Dunsany
Original title	Tales of Wonder
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre(s)	Fantasy short stories
Publisher	Elkin Mathews
Publication date	1916
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
ISBN	NA
Preceded by	Fifty-One Tales
Followed by	Plays of Gods and Men

The Last Book of Wonder is the tenth book and sixth original short story collection of Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula LeGuin and others. The first editions, in hardcover, were published in London and Boston by Elkin Mathews and John W. Luce & Co. in October and November, 1916, respectively, the former under a variant title, Tales of Wonder. The title of the American edition, The Last Book of Wonder, was Dunsany's own preferred title. The British and American editions also differ in that they arrange the material slightly differently.

The book collects nineteen short stories by the author.

[edit] Contents

• "Preface"
• "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 Sailors' Gambit"
• "The Exiles' Club"
• "The Three Infernal Jokes"

[edit] References

• Joshi, S. T. (1993). Lord Dunsany: a Bibliography / by S. T. Joshi and Darrell

Schweitzer. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 6-7. 

[edit] External links

• Project Gutenberg text