A selection of 21 stories, which also includes three stories that are not in the Collected Edition.Canon Alberic's scrap-book --The mezzotint --Number 13 --Count Magnus --Oh, whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad --The treasure of Abbot Thomas --A School story --The rose garden --The tractate middoth --Casting the runes --The stalls of Barchester Cathedral --Mr Humphreys and his inheritance --The diary of Mr Poynter --An episode of cathedral history --The uncommon prayer-book --A neighbour's landmark --A warning to the curious --Rats --The experiment --The malice of inanimate objects --A vignette