In the title story the orderly millionaire Frederick Travers is confronted by his vagabond brother Tom, back from the South Seas with tales of Tasman’s turtles. Other pieces include a hobo who stumbles on a sleeping child, a story told from an asylum ward, a ghostly tale of eternal forms and a short verse drama of the first poet.
A varied late collection showing London’s range from social comedy to the uncanny. Download the free EPUB.