William Wymark Jacobs was an English author of short stories and novels. During his career he was best known for his farcical comedies involving dockside and rural Essex characters. He occasionally wrote horror stories, however, and today is most famous for "The Monkey's Paw" (1902). This work contains:

THE CHANGELING
MIXED RELATIONS
HIS LORDSHIP
ALF'S DREAM
A DISTANT RELATIVE
THE TEST
IN THE FAMILY
A LOVE-KNOT
THE DREAMER
ANGELS' VISITS