Read Short Stories 1895-1926 Online
Authors: Walter de la Mare
A new selection of eight children's stories, published in the Puffin Classics series. It had six stories from Br (1925), âThe Three Sleeping Boys of Warwickshire', âAlice's Godmother', âThe Dutch Cheese', âBroomsticks', âMiss Jemima' and âThe Lovely Myfanwy', and one from LF (1933), âThe Lord Fish', and one from R (1923), âThe Riddle'. It was different from the volumes published in 1931 and 1946.
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF EARLIEST KNOWN PRINTED VERSIONS
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1895 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Kismet |  | uncoll |  | 7 August 1895 |  | The Sketch |
The Hangman Luck |  | uncoll |  | 4 November 1895 |  | Pall Mall Gazette |
A Mote |  | uncoll |  | August 1896 |  | Cornhill Magazine |
The Village of Old Age |  | uncoll |  | September 1896 |  | Cornhill Magazine |
The Moon's Miracle |  | uncoll |  | April 1897 |  | Cornhill Magazine |
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1900 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
The Giant |  | uncoll |  | May-Aug 1901 |  | Pall Mall Magazine |
De Mortuis |  | uncoll |  | Sept-Dec 1901 |  | Pall Mall Magazine |
The Rejection of the Rector |  | uncoll |  | 5 October 1901 |  | Black and White |
The Riddle |  | R |  | February 1903 |  | Monthly Review |
In the Forest |  | WBO |  | 27 August 1904 |  | Black and White |
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1905 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
An Ideal Craftsman |  | OE |  | June 1905 |  | Monthly Review |
âBenighted' |  | DDB |  | July-Dec 1906 |  | Pall Mall Magazine |
The Quincunx |  | Beg |  | December 1906 |  | Lady's Realm |
The Match-Makers |  | uncoll |  | December 1906 |  | Lady's Realm |
The Talisman |  | WBO |  | March 1907 |  | Lady's Realm |
The Budget |  | uncoll |  | June 1907 |  | Lady's Realm |
The Count's Courtship |  | R |  | July 1907 |  | Lady's Realm |
The Pear-Tree |  | uncoll |  | July 1907 |  | Lady's Realm |
Lichen |  | DDB |  | September 1907 |  | Lady's Realm |
Leap Year |  | uncoll |  | May 1908 |  | Lady's Realm |
The Dutch Cheese |  | Br |  | May 1908 |  | Lady's Realm |
The Bird of Travel |  | R |  | October 1908 |  | Lady's Realm |
The Almond Tree |  | R |  | August 1909 |  | English Review |
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1910 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
The Three Friends | Â | R | Â | 19 April 1913 | Â | Saturday Westminster Gazette |
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1915 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
The Vats | Â | R | Â | 16 June 1917 | Â | Saturday Westminster Gazette |
Promise at Dusk | Â | uncoll | Â | January 1919 | Â | English Review |
Selina's Parable | Â | R | Â | 1 November 1919 | Â | New Statesman |
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1920 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
The Creatures | Â | R | Â | January 1920 | Â | London Mercury |
Two Days in Town | Â | uncoll | Â | 13 November 1920 | Â | Sphere |
Seaton's Aunt | Â | R | Â | April 1922 | Â | London Mercury |
The Tree | Â | R | Â | October 1922 | Â | London Mercury |
Lispet, Lispett and Vaine | Â | R | Â | January 1923 | Â | Yale Review |
Miss Jemima | Â | Br | Â | 1923 | Â | Number One Joy Street, Oxford |
The Looking-Glass | Â | R | Â | 1923 | Â | Â |
Miss Duveen | Â | R | Â | 1923 | Â | Â |
The Bowl | Â | R | Â | 1923 | Â | Â |
Out of the Deep | Â | R | Â | 1923 | Â | Â |
The Wharf | Â | C | Â | November 1924 | Â | The Queen |
Lucy | Â | Br | Â | 1924 | Â | Number Two Joy Street, Oxford |
Winter | Â | DDB | Â | 1924 | Â | Â |
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1925 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
The Thief | Â | Br | Â | 21 March 1925 and 4 April 1925 | Â | G.K.'s Weekly |
Pretty Poll | Â | C | Â | April 1925 | Â | London Mercury |
The Green Room | Â | OE | Â | July 1925 | Â | Two Tales, Bookman's Journal, London |
The Connoisseur | Â | C | Â | July 1925 | Â | Two Tales, Bookman's Journal, London; Yale Review |
Pigtails, Ltd. | Â | Br | Â | August 1925 | Â | Atlantic Monthly |
Maria-Fly | Â | Br | Â | 19 September 1925 | Â | G.K.'s Weekly |
Broomsticks | Â | Br | Â | October 1925 | Â | London Mercury |
The Three Sleeping Boys of Warwickshire | Â | Br | Â | October 1925 | Â | Virginia Quarterly Review |
Visitors | Â | Br | Â | October 1925 | Â | Forum |
Mr Kempe | Â | C | Â | November 1925 | Â | London Mercury |
The Scarecrow | Â | LF | Â | 1925 | Â | Number Three Joy Street, Oxford |
A Nose | Â | Br | Â | 1925 | Â | Â |
The Lovely Myfanwy | Â | Br | Â | 1925 | Â | Â |
Alice's Godmother | Â | Br | Â | 1925 | Â | Â |
A Recluse | Â | OE | Â | 1926 | Â | The Ghost Book, London |
The Lord Fish | Â | LF | Â | 1926 | Â | Number Four Joy Street, Oxford |
Missing | Â | C | Â | 1926 | Â | Â |
Disillusioned | Â | C | Â | 1926 | Â | Â |
The Nap | Â | C | Â | 1926 | Â | Â |
All Hallows | Â | C | Â | 1926 | Â | Â |
The Lost Track | Â | C | Â | 1926 | Â | Â |
At First Sight | Â | OE | Â | June and Sept 1927 | Â | Forum |
A Penny a Day | Â | LF | Â | 1927 | Â | Number Five Joy Street, Oxford |