The Great Book of Wonder by Lord Dunsany -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

PREFACE INTRODUCTION OF SKARL THE DRUMMER OF THE MAKING OF THE WORLDS OF THE GAME OF THE GODS THE CHAUNT OF THE GODS THE SAYINGS OF KIB CONCERNING SISH THE SAYINGS OF SLID THE DEEDS OF MUNG THE CHAUNT OF THE PRIESTS THE SAYINGS OF LIMPANG-TUNG OF YOHARNETH-LAHAI OF ROON, THE GOD OF GOING, AND THE THOUSAND HOME GODS THE REVOLT OF THE HOME GODS OF DOROZHAND THE EYE IN THE WASTE OF THE THING THAT IS NEITHER GOD NOR BEAST YONATH THE PROPHET YUG THE PROPHET ALHIRETH-HOTEP THE PROPHET KABOK THE PROPHET OF THE CALAMITY THAT BEFEL YUN-ILARA BY THE SEA, AND OF THE BUILDING OF THE TOWER OF THE ENDING OF DAYS OF HOW THE GODS WHELMED SIDITH OF HOW IMBAUN BECAME HIGH PROPHET IN ARADEC OF ALL THE GODS SAVE ONE OF HOW IMBAUN MET ZODRAK PEGANA THE SAYINGS OF IMBAUN OF HOW IMBAUN SPAKE OF DEATH TO THE KING OF OOD THE RIVER THE BIRD OF DOOM AND THE END

TIME AND THE GODS (1906)

PREFACE TIME AND THE GODS THE COMING OF THE SEA A LEGEND OF THE DAWN THE VENGEANCE OF MEN WHEN THE GODS SLEPT THE KING THAT WAS NOT THE CAVE OF KAI THE SORROW OF SEARCH THE MEN OF YARNITH FOR THE HONOUR OF THE GODS NIGHT AND MORNING USURY MLIDEEN THE SECRET OF THE GODS THE SOUTH WIND IN THE LAND OF TIME THE RELENTING OF SARNIDAC THE JEST OF THE GODS THE DREAMS OF THE PROPHET THE JOURNEY OF THE KING

THE SWORD OF WELLERAN (1908)

DEDICATED THE SWORD OF WELLERAN THE KITH OF THE ELF FOLK THE HIGHWAYMEN IN THE TWILIGHT THE GHOSTS THE WHIRLPOOL THE HURRICANE THE FORTRESS UNVANQUISHABLE, SAVE FOR SACNOTH THE LORD OF CITIES THE DOOM OF LA TRAVIATA ON THE DRY LAND

A DREAMER’S TALES (1910)

PREFACE POLTARNEES, BEHOLDER OF OCEAN BLAGDAROSS THE MADNESS OF ANDELSPRUTZ WHERE THE TIDES EBB AND FLOW BETHMOORA IDLE DAYS ON THE YANN THE SWORD AND THE IDOL THE IDLE CITY THE HASHISH MAN POOR OLD BILL THE BEGGARS CARCASSONNE IN ZACCARATH THE FIELD THE DAY OF THE POLL THE UNHAPPY BODY

THE BOOK OF WONDER (1912)

THE BRIDE OF THE MAN-HORSE DISTRESSING TALE OF THANGOBRIND THE JEWELLER THE HOUSE OF THE SPHINX PROBABLE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE LITERARY MEN THE INJUDICIOUS PRAYERS OF POMBO THE IDOLATER THE LOOT OF BOMBASHARNA MISS CUBBIDGE AND THE DRAGON OF ROMANCE THE QUEST OF THE QUEEN’S TEARS THE HOARD OF THE GIBBELINS HOW NUTH WOULD HAVE PRACTISED HIS ART UPON THE GNOLES HOW ONE CAME, AS WAS FORETOLD, TO THE CITY OF NEVER THE CORONATION OF MR. THOMAS SHAP CHU-BU AND SHEEMISH THE WONDERFUL WINDOW EPILOGUE

FIFTY-ONE TALES (1915)

THE ASSIGNATION CHARON THE DEATH OF PAN THE SPHINX AT GIZEH THE HEN WIND AND FOG THE RAFT-BUILDERS THE WORKMAN THE GUEST DEATH AND ODYSSEUS DEATH AND THE ORANGE THE PRAYER OF THE FLOWERS TIME AND THE TRADESMAN THE LITTLE CITY THE UNPASTURABLE FIELDS THE WORM AND THE ANGEL THE SONGLESS COUNTRY THE LATEST THING THE DEMAGOGUE AND THE DEMI-MONDE THE GIANT POPPY ROSES THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN EAR-RINGS THE DREAM OF KING KARNA-VOOTRA THE STORM A MISTAKEN IDENTITY THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE ALONE THE IMMORTALS A MORAL LITTLE TALE THE RETURN OF SONG SPRING IN TOWN HOW THE ENEMY CAME TO THLUNRANA A LOSING GAME TAKING UP PICADILLY AFTER THE FIRE THE CITY THE FOOD OF DEATH THE LONELY IDOL THE SPHINX IN THEBES (MASSACHUSETTS) THE REWARD THE TROUBLE IN LEAFY GREEN STREET THE MIST FURROW-MAKER LOBSTER SALAD THE RETURN OF THE EXILES NATURE AND TIME THE SONG OF THE BLACKBIRD THE MESSENGERS THE THREE TALL SONS COMPROMISE WHAT WE HAVE COME TO THE TOMB OF PAN

THE LAST BOOK OF WONDER (1916)

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 GUARANTEE TO THE READER 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

TALES OF THREE HEMISPHERES (1920)

THE LAST DREAM OF BWONA KHUBLA HOW THE OFFICE OF POSTMAN FELL VACANT IN OTFORD-UNDER-THE-WOLD THE PRAYER OF BOOB AHEERA EAST AND WEST A PRETTY QUARREL HOW THE GODS AVENGED MEOUL KI NING THE GIFT OF THE GODS THE SACK OF EMERALDS THE OLD BROWN COAT AN ARCHIVE OF THE OLDER MYSTERIES A CITY OF WONDER BEYOND THE FIELDS WE KNOW: PUBLISHER’S NOTE IDLE DAYS ON THE YANN A SHOP IN GO-BY STREET THE AVENGER OF PERDÓNDARIS

UNHAPPY FAR-OFF THINGS (1916)

PREFACE A DIRGE OF VICTORY (SONNET) THE CATHEDRAL OF ARRAS A GOOD WAR THE HOUSE WITH TWO STOREYS BERMONDSEY VERSUS WURTEMBURG ON AN OLD BATTLE-FIELD THE REAL THING A GARDEN OF ARRAS AFTER HELL A HAPPY VALLEY IN BETHUNE IN AN OLD DRAWING-ROOM THE HOMES OF ARRAS

TALES OF WAR (1918)

INTRODUCTION BY DARRELL SCHWEITZER THE PRAYER OF THE MEN OF DALESWOOD THE ROAD AN IMPERIAL MONUMENT A WALK TO THE TRENCHES A WALK IN PICARDY WHAT HAPPENED ON THE NIGHT OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH STANDING TO THE SPLENDID TRAVELLER ENGLAND SHELLS TWO DEGREES OF ENVY THE MASTER OF NO MAN’S LAND WEEDS AND WIRE SPRING IN ENGLAND AND FLANDERS THE NIGHTMARE COUNTRIES SPRING AND THE KAISER TWO SONGS THE PUNISHMENT THE ENGLISH SPIRIT AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSES AND ORIGIN OF THE WAR LOST THE LAST MIRAGE A FAMOUS MAN THE OASES OF DEATH ANGLO-SAXON TYRANNY MEMORIES THE MOVEMENT NATURE’S CAD THE HOME OF HERR SCHNITZELHAASER A DEED OF MERCY LAST SCENE OF ALL OLD ENGLAND

UNCOLLECTED STORIES

ONE MORE TALE THE GERMAN SPY THE HEART OF EARTH EXCHANGE NO ROBBERY THE WAY OF THE WORLD THE LITTLE DOINGS OF DEMOS THE RETURN OF IBRAHIM HOW CARE WOULD HAVE DEALT WITH THE NOMADS