A Century of Historical Stories ed. Rafael Sabatini (Hutchinson, January 1936, 3/6d, 1022pp, hc, an)
Details taken from Table of Contents.
- · Preface · Rafael Sabatini · pr
- 17 · The Konung of the White Walls · Naomi Mitchison · nv Barbarian Stories by Naomi Mitchison, Jonathan Cape, 1929
- 47 · The Storming of the Bastille · Charles Dickens · ex from A Tale of Two Cities, Chapman & Hall, 1859
- 63 · The Gordon Riots · Charles Dickens · ex from Barnaby Rudge, Chapman & Hall, 1841
- 87 · The Comic Mask · Jack Lindsay · ss (r)
- 97 · The Last Day of Pompeii · Lord Lytton · ex from The Last Days of Pompeii, Richard Bentley, 1834
- 151 · A Debt of Honour · Richard Keverne · ss Britannia and Eve January 1935
- 171 · Sir Judas · Rafael Sabatini · ts The Premier Magazine #66, mid July 1919
- 189 · The Ghost of Tronjolly · Rafael Sabatini · ss The Premier Magazine #25, May 1916
- 207 · The Spectre Bridegroom · Washington Irving · ss The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent #4, November 10 1819, as by Geoffrey Crayon
- 225 · The Love Quarrel · Agnes Strickland · ss The Keepsake 1835, 1834
- 245 · The Tudor Wench · Elswyth Thane · ex Brewer, Warren & Putnam, September 1932
- 299 · An Affair of Yesterday · A. M. Burrage · ss (r)
- 309 · A Tune for a Trumpet · George R. Preedy · ss Bagatelle, and Some Other Diversions by George R. Preedy, Lane, 1930
- 331 · Old Esther Dudley · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss United States Magazine and Democratic Review January 1839
- 343 · The How Ben Hur Saved the Life of Quintus Arrius, the Tribune · Lew Wallace · ex from Ben-Hur, or The Days of the Messiah, Harper & Brothers, 1880
- 385 · Doom Rides In · Harold Lamb · ss Cassell’s Magazine January 1932
- 405 · The Sire de Malétroit’s Door · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Temple Bar January 1878
- 425 · The Death of the Red Fox · Robert Louis Stevenson · ex from Kidnapped, Cassell & Co., 1886
- 433 · Brussels—1815 · W. M. Thackeray · ex from Vanity Fair, Bradbury & Evans, 1848
- 479 · Evelina in London · Fanny Burney · ex from Evelina, anonymously, Thomas Lowndes, 1778, uncredited.
- 511 · The Trident and the Net · G. J. Whyte-Melville · ex from The Gladiators, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, 1863; given as by J.G. Whyte-Melville.
- 531 · The Two Drovers · Sir Walter Scott · nv Chronicles of the Canongate by Sir Walter Scott, Cadell & Co., 1827
- 557 · The Combat · Sir Walter Scott · ex from The Pirate, Archibald Constable and Company, 1821
- 593 · The Chief’s Way [Sir Percy Blakeney (Scarlet Pimpernel)] · Baroness Orczy · na Hutchinson’s Magazine May 1928 (+2)
- 657 · Sophia, Electress of Hanover · Marjorie Bowen · ss Exits and Farewells by Marjorie Bowen, Selwyn & Blount, 1930
- 675 · The Duke of Monmouth · Marjorie Bowen · ss Exits and Farewells by Marjorie Bowen, Selwyn & Blount, 1930, as “James Crofts, Duke of Monmouth”
- 691 · The Making of the English · H. C. Bailey · ss (r)
- 707 · Of the Masque Given by Courtenay in Honour of Queen Mary · W. Harrison Ainsworth · ex from The Tower of London, Richard Bentley, 1840
- 719 · The Marble Medici · Laurence Moody · ss (r)
- 735 · How Hereward Heard the News from Stanford Brigg and Hastings · Charles Kingsley · ex from Hereward the Wake, Macmillan, 1866
- 747 · Queen Victoria and Prince Albert · Hector Bolitho · ar (r)
- 759 · The Rapparee · Lynn Doyle · ss The Irish Statesman July 5 1924
- 767 · For the Cause · Stanley J. Weyman · nv The English Illustrated Magazine May 1890; given as by J. Stanley Weyman.
- 797 · The Back Office · Agnes & Egerton Castle · na (r)
- 855 · Beau Silence · D. L. Murray · ss Britannia and Eve December 1931
- 875 · Eaucourt by the Waters · John Buchan · ss The Path of the King by John Buchan, Hodder & Stoughton, 1921
- 895 · The End of the Road · John Buchan · nv The Path of the King by John Buchan, Hodder & Stoughton, 1921
- 921 · The Silver Drum · Neil Munro · ss Cassell’s Magazine January 1903
- 937 · The Beau and the Lady · E. Barrington · ex from The Gallants, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1924
- 983 · The Sin of the Bishop of Bodenstein · Anthony Hope · ss (r)
- 1007 · Quattrocentisteria · Maurice Hewlett · ss The Bibelot v2, 1896
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