A collection of stories by one of France’s greatest short-story writers—the long title piece never having been available in English before. Contents: A Parisian Bourgeois' Sundays, A Page of Unpublished History, Public Opinion, Recollection, Other Times, Yveline Samoris, The Cough, The Avenger, A True-Life Drama, Advice Given in Vain, Doctors and Patients, The Rondoli Sisters, Letter from a Madman, From Paris to Heyst, The Donkey.