AN ALPHABETICAL CHECKLIST OF SOME OF THE STORIES NARRATED IN THIS MANUAL
(Numbers refer to the chapter in which the story occurs, generally for the first time, but not necessarily in full.)
Mark Twain’s Tale, 94.
The Count of Gleichen’s Tale, 10.
The Emperor’s Messenger’s Tale, 78.
The German Chemist’s Tale, 62.
The Polish Beauty’s Tale, 57.
The Puzzle-Maker’s Tale, 8.
The Puzzle-Maker’s Wife’s Tale, 53.
The Russian Singer’s Tale, 6.
The Swedish Diplomat’s Tale, 31.
The Tale of Five Sisters who all made it, 89.
The Tale of Four Young Folk stuck in the lift, 38.
The Tale of Freischutz the Dachshund, 59.
The Tale of “Hortense”, 41.
The Tale of Johann Sigismond Küsser, 7.
The Tale of Lady Forthright and her coachman, 4.
The Tale of Lomonosov’s admirer, 60.
The Tale of the Acrobat who did not want to get off his trapeze ever again, 13.
The Tale of the Actor who faked his own death, 34.
The Tale of the Archaeologist who trusted legends too much, 2.
The Tale of the Argentinian Airman, 55.
The Tale of the Art Critic looking for the masterpiece, 87.
The Tale of the Australian Actress, 79.
The Tale of the Ballerina who had an abortion, 88.
The Tale of the Banker’s Daughter who wanted to be an actress, 55.
The Tale of the Black Boxer who never won a match, 40.
The Tale of the Building’s Senior Citizen, 20.
The Tale of the Burgundian Cook, 90.
The Tale of the Captain who explored New Guinea, 80.
The Tale of the Chambermaid who had a son of father unknown, 83.
The Tale of the Cheated Doctor, 96.
The Tale of the Clown from Warsaw, 57.
The Tale of the Curio Dealer and her watches, 66.
The Tale of the Deported Schoolboy, 43.
The Tale of the Designer who had to dismantle the kitchen he was so proud of, 65.
The Tale of the Director who scorned the classics, 75.
The Tale of the Doctor whose patient was poisoned by order of William Randolph Hearst, 59.
The Tale of the Eccentric American Lady, 55.
The Tale of the Ex-Vet who fell in love with a moustachioed Marseillaise, 85.
The Tale of the Fair Italian and the teacher of physics and chemistry, 27.
The Tale of the Fiancée captured by Barbary pirates, 78.
The Tale of the Former Fighter in the International Brigade, 45.
The Tale of the Frustrated Botanist, 72.
The Tale of the German Industrialist with a passion for cooking, 36.
The Tale of the Girl who ran away, 31.
The Tale of the Girl with a disturbing imagination, 82.
The Tale of the Grandfather who shaved, 71.
The Tale of the Gratiolet Family, 21.
The Tale of the Hamster deprived of his favourite game, 81.
The Tale of the History Teacher who was cultural attaché in the subcontinent, 46.
The Tale of the Jazzman who was never satisfied, 75.
The Tale of the Jealous Violinist, 95.
The Tale of the Judge and his wife who took up thieving, 83.
The Tale of the Lady who made up nieces, 89.
The Tale of the Lady with the green beans, 35.
The Tale of the Landlord who played bagpipes and listened to the wireless, 95.
The Tale of the Last Expedition in search of Franklin, 44.
The Tale of the Lisbon Importer and his Egyptian agent, 70.
The Tale of the Lord who hid his secret passions beneath sham crazes, 90.
The Tale of the Man who bought the Vase of the Passion, 22.
The Tale of the Man who painted watercolours and had puzzles made from them, 26.
The Tale of the Man who stepped on a land mine in Algeria, 58.
The Tale of the Man who thought he had discovered how to synthesise diamond, 14.
The Tale of the Man who tried to make a fortune importing hides, 21.
The Tale of the Missionary whose wife taught gym, 72.
The Tale of the Misunderstood Anthropologist, 25.
The Tale of the Most Decorated Lance Corporal in all Oceania, 79.
The Tale of the NCO who died in Algeria, 35.
The Tale of the Neurasthenic Lawyer who settled in Indonesia, 54.
The Tale of the Officer who abandoned his patrol, 65.
The Tale of the Old Servant who accompanied his master around the world, 15.
The Tale of the One-Armed Skeleton, 67.
The Tale of the Overweight Girl and her mast, 40.
The Tale of the Painter who painted the building, 17.
The Tale of the Painter who practised necrophilia, 97.
The Tale of the Panarchist who got away, 73.
The Tale of the Poet Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, 22.
The Tale of the Portrait Painter and his systems, 59.
The Tale of the Previous Concierges, 35.
The Tale of the “Pyrotechnician” who lost his hand, 7.
The Tale of the Revellers who gave an early-morning concert, 92.
The Tale of the Saddler from Szczyrk, 60.
The Tale of the Saddler, His Sister, and Her Mate, 73.
The Tale of the Sceptical Civil Servant and his vindictive wife, 88.
The Tale of the Sect of the Three Free Men, 3.
The Tale of the Self-Taught Scholar, 20.
The Tale of the Single Mother whose grandfather alone did not disown her, 50.
The Tale of the Spanish Archivist, 80.
The Tale of the Stack Manager who collected evidence of Hitler’s survival, 91.
The Tale of the Thespian Cook, 55.
The Tale of the Tight-Fisted Boss, 61.
The Tale of the Three Murdered Hoods, 84.
The Tale of the Thrice-Murdered Jeweller, 50.
The Tale of the Two Giants of the hotel trade, 87.
The Tale of the Two Mean Traders, 54.
The Tale of the Wealthy Opera Buff, 52.
The Tale of the Woman who founded a printing press in Syria, 48.
The Tale of the Woman who made the devil appear eighty-two times, 65.
The Tale of the Woman who ran a gambling den, 21.
The Tale of the Young Man from Thonon who just stopped doing anything, 52.
The Tale of the Young Marrieds who bought a bedroom suite, 98.
The Tale of the Young Marrieds who lived with their in-laws, 30.
The Tale of Two Servants who met at the Universal Exhibition, 83.
The Television Producer’s Tale, 13.
The Unlucky Motorcyclist’s Tale, 75.
The Waiter’s Tale, 61.
The Wee Tunisian’s Tale, 57.