The book collects thirty-four short pieces by Dunsany, and in one key story, Jorkens is joined in the story by his most common adversary, Terbut.
Contents
"Preface"
"The Two-Way War"
"A Nice Lot of Diamonds"
"Letting Bygones be Bygones"
"The Lost Invention"
"On Other Paths"
"The Partner"
"Poulet a la Richelieu"
"A Walk in the Night"
"One Summer's Evening"
"A Friend of the Family"
"An Eccentricity of Genius"
"Influenza"
"The Unrecorded Test Match"
"Idle Tears"
"Among the Neutrals"
"An Idyll of the Sahara"
"The Devil among the Willows"
"A Spanish Castle"
"The New Moon"
"The Gods of Clay"
"A Rash Remark"
"The Story of Jorkens' Watch"
"The Track Through the Wood"
"Snow Water"
"The Greatest Invention"
"The Verdict"
"A Conversation in Bond Street"
"The Reward"
"Which Way?"
"A Desperado in Surrey"
"Misadventure"
"A Long Memory"
"An Absentminded Professor"
"Greek Meets Greek"
References
Joshi, S. T. (1993). Lord Dunsany: a Bibliography / by S. T. Joshi and Darrell Schweitzer. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. 27. ISBN0-8108-2714-X.