Twelve Short Stories

Twelve Short Stories by Robert Buchan is a collection of pastoral tales taking place in the mountains and vast plains of the wild west. Excerpt: «I came down from the mountains and into the pleasing valley of the Adige in as pelting a heat as ever mortal suffered under. The way underfoot was parched and white; I had newly come out of a wilderness of white limestone crags, and sun of Italy blazed blindingly in an azure Italian sky. You are to suppose, my dear aunt, that I had had enough and something more of my craze for foot-marching.»