Far Away Stories by William J Locke Paperback Book 9781594623448

Good wine needs no bush but a collection of mixed vintages does And this book is just such a collection Some of the stories I do not want to remain buried for ever in the museum fdes of dead magazinenumbers an authors not unpardonable vanity others I have resuscitated from the same vaults in the hope that they still may please you The title of a volume of short stories is always a difficult matter It ought to indicate frankly the nature of the book so that the unwary purchaser shall have no grievance except on the score of merit which is a different affair altogether against either author or publisher In my title I have tried to solve the problem But why quotFarawayquot Well the stories cover a long stretch of years and all save one were written in calm days faraway from the present convulsion of the world