This volume collects 15 short stories by Walter Duranty, reprinted from "Collier's," "Red Book," and other sources. Included are: "The Brave Soldier and the Wicked Sorcerer," "Witch of the Alcazar," "The Village Maiden and the Three Bad Boys," "Leningrad's Lucky House," "The Gold Train," "The Spirit Within," "The Thrifty Peasant and the Precious Mattress," "Under Sentence," "The Woman Who Could Not Sleep," "The Magic Egg," "The Wife Who Lost Her Patience," "The Crazy Poets and the Distant Star," "Conspirators," "Lucky in Love," and "The Parrot."