Classic Railway Stories

Travel by steam train was disruptive, fast and sometimes perilous – and thus provided rich material for a good short story. In this collection, a young wife escapes her abusive husband when their train leaves without him; O. Henry gives an account of the pros and cons of being a train robber; Saki wittily describes a mother’s attempt to control her unruly children; and there is crime and mystery from Arthur Conan Doyle and Maurice Leblanc. New in the Macmillan Collector’s Library: pocket-sized classics bound in real cloth with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers.