Shakespeare's Christmas and Other Stories is a collection of historical adventure tales:
Shakespeare's Christmas
Ye Sexes, Give Ear!
Captain Wyvern's Adventures
Frenchman's Creek
The Man Behind the Curtain
Rain of Dollars
The Lamp and the Guitar

Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944) was a Cornish writer who published using the pseudonym Q. Although a prolific novelist, he is remembered mainly for the monumental publication The Oxford Book Of English Verse 1250–1900 and for his literary criticism.