The expected joy that a few days in a different setting can, and most probably will, make is one of life's most pleasant pleasures. Usually. But in this volume our classic authors including John Buchan, Edith Wharton, E M Delafield, M R James and a host of others really do seem to want to make some of those few days of indolent pleasure into something rather unpleasant.

1 - Short Stories Set on Holiday - An Introduction
2 - Roman Fever by Edith Wharton
3 - The Golden Honeymoon by Ring Lardner
4 - An Alpine Divorce by Robert Barr
5 - No Man's Land by John Buchan
6 - Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You My Lad by M R James
7 - The Blank Cheque by Lewis Carroll
8 - A Little Holiday by Oswald Sickert
9 - Strychnine for Village Dogs by Arthur Gask
10 - The Green Bowl by Sarah Orne Jewett
11 - The Vampire by Jan Neruda
12 - Holiday Group by E M Delafield
13 - Christmas Eve at a Cornish Manor House by Clara Venn
14 - The Vampire Maid by Hume Nisbet