The Little Tales of Smethers and Other Stories

The Little Tales of Smethers and Other Stories is a collection of fantasy and crime short stories by writer Lord Dunsany. It was first published in London by Jarrolds in October, 1952.

The book collects twenty-six short pieces by Dunsany, including all of his tales of the character Mr Smethers, one being the much-anthologised mystery story "The Two Bottles of Relish", with its neat and devastating one-sentence solution at the end. An audiobook of the collection was released in 2017.

Contents

 * "The Two Bottles of Relish"
 * "The Shooting of Constable Slugger"
 * "An Enemy of Scotland Yard"
 * "The Second Front"
 * "The Two Assassins"
 * "Kriegblut's Disguise"
 * "The Mug in the Gambling Hall"
 * "The Clue"
 * "Once Too Often"
 * "An Alleged Murder"
 * "The Waiter's Story"
 * "A Trade Dispute"
 * "The Pirate of the Round Pond"
 * "A Victim of Bad Luck"
 * "The New Master"
 * "A New Murder"
 * "A Tale of Revenge"
 * "The Speech"
 * "The Lost Scientist"
 * "The Unwritten Thriller"
 * "In Ravancore"
 * "Among the Bean Rows"
 * "The Death-Watch Beetle"
 * "Murder by Lightning"
 * "The Murder in Netherby Gardens"
 * "The Shield of Athene"