The expected joy that a few days in a different setting can, and most probably will, make is one of life's most pleasant pleasures. Usually. But in this volume our classic authors including John Buchan, Edith Wharton, E M Delafield, M R James and a host of others really do seem to want to make some of those few days of indolent pleasure into something rather unpleasant.

1 - Short Stories Set on Holiday - An Introduction

2 - Roman Fever by Edith Wharton

3 - The Golden Honeymoon by Ring Lardner

4 - An Alpine Divorce by Robert Barr

5 - No Man's Land by John Buchan

6 - Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You My Lad by M R James

7 - The Blank Cheque by Lewis Carroll

8 - A Little Holiday by Oswald Sickert

9 - Strychnine for Village Dogs by Arthur Gask

10 - The Green Bowl by Sarah Orne Jewett

11 - The Vampire by Jan Neruda

12 - Holiday Group by E M Delafield

13 - Christmas Eve at a Cornish Manor House by Clara Venn

14 - The Vampire Maid by Hume Nisbet