Travel tales of Mr. Joseph Jorkens. Jorkens remembers Africa.
Contents:
Introduction / by S.T. Joshi -- Preface / by Edward, the 20th Baron of Dunsany -- Foreword / by Sir Arthur C. Clarke -- Travel tales of Mr. Joseph Jorkens: Preface -- Tale of the Abu Laheeb -- King of Sarahb -- How Jembu played for Cambridge -- Charm against thirst -- Our distant cousins -- A large diamond -- A queer island -- Electric king -- A drink at a running stream -- A daughter of Rameses -- Showman -- Mrs. Jorkens -- Witch of the willows -- Jorkens remembers Africa: Preface -- Lost romance -- Curse of the witch -- Pearly beach -- Walk to Lingham -- Escape from the valley -- One August in the Red Sea -- Bare truth -- What Jorkens has to put up with -- Ozymandias -- At the end of the universe -- Black mamba -- In the garden of memories -- Slugly beast -- Earth's secret -- Persian spell -- Stranger than fiction -- Golden gods -- Correct kit -- How Ryan got out of Russia -- Club secretary -- A mystery of the east.
Summary:
First in our three volume set collecting all of Lord Dunsany's Jorkens stories.
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