The Little Tales of Smethers and Other Stories

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The Little Tales of Smethers and Other Stories
Dust-jacket from first edition
Author	Lord Dunsany
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre(s)	fantasy and crime fiction short stories
Publisher	Jarrolds
Publication date	1952
Media type	Print (Hardback)
ISBN	NA

The Little Tales of Smethers and Other Stories is a collection of fantasy and crime short stories by author Lord Dunsany. It was first published in London by Jarrolds in October, 1952.

The book collects twenty-six short pieces by Dunsany.

[edit] Contents

• "The Two Bottles of Relish"
• "The Shooting of Constable Slugger"
• "An Enemy of Scotland Yard"
• "The Second Front"
• "The Two Assassins"
• "Kriegblut's Disguise"
• "The Mug in the Gambling Hall"
• "The Clue"
• "Once Too Often"
• "An Alleged Murder"
• "The Waiter's Story"
• "A Trade Dispute"
• "The Pirate of the Round Pond"
• "A Victim of Bad Luck"
• "The New Master"
• "A New Murder"
• "A Tale of Revenge"
• "The Speech"
• "The Lost Scientist"
• "The Unwritten Thriller"
• "In Ravancore"
• "Among the Bean Rows"
• "The Death-Watch Beetle"
• "Murder by Lightning"
• "The Murder in Netherby Gardens"
• "The Shield of Athene"

[edit] References

• Joshi, S. T. (1993). Lord Dunsany: a Bibliography / by S. T. Joshi and Darrell Schweitzer. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 28. ISBN 0-8108-2714-X.