8vo. 224pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed. FFEP torn away, else internally clean and crisp.

The sixth volume of short stories selected from Chamber's Journal, including Anna Maria Sargeant's 'The lie of expediency', Percy B. St John's 'The rifle: a tale of Arkansas', Camilla Toulmin's 'To slay or to save?', and several unattributed others such as 'Story of an Edinburgh sedan-carrier' and 'The work-girl'.