Here in one compact volume are five short stories-all set in Continental Europe-often hard to find on their own from 19th-century British writers, some still well known, some who have slipped into near obscurity: . "The Bird on Its Journey," by suffragette writer BEATRICE HARRADEN . "Koosje: A Study of Dutch Life," by JOHN STRANGE WINTER , the pen name of Henrietta Eliza Vaughan Stannard . "A Dog of Flanders," by OUIDA , the pen name of Maria Louise Rame . "Markheim," by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON , the prolific and still beloved novelist . "Queen Tita's Wager," by WILLIAM BLACK , the journalist turned novelist."
Here in one compact volume are five short stories-all set in Continental Europe-often hard to find on their own from 19th-century British writers, some still well known, some who have slipped into near obscurity: . "The Bird on Its Journey," by suffragette writer BEATRICE HARRADEN . "Koosje: A Study of Dutch Life," by JOHN STRANGE WINTER , the pen name of Henrietta Eliza Vaughan Stannard . "A Dog of Flanders," by OUIDA , the pen name of Maria Louise Rame . "Markheim," by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON , the prolific and still beloved novelist . "Queen Tita's Wager," by WILLIAM BLACK , the journalist turned novelist."