This volume contains five collections of short stories -45 stories in total- by writer John Buchan, Scottish novelist, historian and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada. The collections included are:
Supernatural Stories (12)
The Moon Endureth - Tales and Fancies (9)
The Watcher by the Threshold (5)
Twelve Short Stories (12)
The Runagates Club (12)
The Far Islands (1)