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      First published in Great Britain as The Little Tales of Smethers by Jarrolds 1952

      Copyright © The Trustees of the Dunsany Wills Trust 1952

      Lord Dunsany asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

      Introduction by Ellery Queen from Queen’s Quorum: A History of the Detective-Crime Short Story as Revealed by the 125 Most Important Books Published in this Field since 1845 published by Biblo and Tannen, New York, 1948

      Cover design and illustration by Mike Topping © HarperCollinsPublishers 2016

      A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.

      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      Source ISBN: 9780008159368

      Ebook Edition © November 2016 ISBN: 9780008159375

      Version: 2016-08-23