“There is no man writing to-day who manages to infuse a story with so much wit of the airy, bantering kind, and behind it all there is often a serious note.”—_Glasgow Citizen._ 6 THE COURTS OF IDLENESS “In _The Courts of Idleness_ there is more than clever and amusing talk. One finds a real depth here and there, and the whole thing from beginning to end is delightful reading.”—_Joint Stock Journal._ 7 AND FIVE WERE FOOLISH “The book deserves a host of readers. Extraordinarily powerful and intriguing.”—_Daily Telegraph._ 8 AS OTHER MEN ARE “Mr. Yates gets his effects with a more certain hand and a lighter touch than almost any other writer of light fiction.”—_Referee._ 9 THE STOLEN MARCH “Dornford Yates has a light touch and a keen sense of humour. The book will appeal to those who want to escape from the morbid and miserable and lose themselves in a world of delightful unreality.”—_Bookman._ 10 MAIDEN STAKES “A mixture of frivolity and adventure. Deftly and cleverly written and the best light reading you could wish for.”—_Bookman._ * * * * * WARD, LOCK & CO., LTD., LONDON AND MELBOURNE THE END TRANSCRIBER NOTES Misspelled words and printer errors have been corrected. Where multiple spellings occur, majority use has been employed. Punctuation has been maintained except where obvious printer errors occur.