The Fourth Book of Jorkens is a collection of fantasy short stories

Short Stories

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, narrated by Mr. Joseph Jorkens

Joseph Jorkens

Joseph Jorkens, usually referred to simply as Jorkens, is the lead character in over 150 short stories written by the Irish author Lord Dunsany between 1925 and 1957...

, by author Lord Dunsany

Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany

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. It was first published by Jarrolds in 1947

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. It was the fourth collection of Dunsany's Jorkens tales to be published. It has also been issued in combination with the third book, Jorkens Has a Large Whiskey

Jorkens Has a Large Whiskey

Jorkens Has a Large Whiskey is a collection of fantasy short stories, narrated by Mr. Joseph Jorkens, by author Lord Dunsany. It was first published in London by Putnam in September, 1940. It was the third collection of Dunsany's Jorkens tales to be published...

, in the omnibus edition The Collected Jorkens, Volume Two, published by Night Shade Books

Night Shade Books

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in 2004.

Contents

The Fourth Book of Jorkens contains the following tales:

1. "Making Fine Weather"
2. "Mgamu"
3. "The Haunting of Jalahanstown"
4. "The Pale-Green Image"
5. "Jorkens Leaves Prison"
6. "The Warning"
7. "The Sacred City of Krakovlitz"
8. "Jorkens Practices Medicine and Magic"
9. "Jarton's Disease"
10. "On the Other Side of the Sun"
11. "The Rebuff"
12. "Jorkens' Ride"
13. "The Secret of the Sphinx"
14. "The Khamseen"
15. "The Expulsion"
16. "The Welcome"
17. "By Command of Pharaoh"
18. "A Cricket Problem"
19. "A Life's Work"
20. "The Ingratiating Smile"
21. "The Last Bull"
22. "The Strange Drug of Dr. Caber"
23. "A Deal with the Devil"
24. "Strategy at the Billiards Club"
25. "Jorkens in Witch Wood"
26. "Lost"
27. "The English Magnifico"
28. "The Cleverness of Dr. Caber"
29. "Fairy Gold"
30. "A Royal Dinner"
31. "A Fight With Knives"
32. "Out West"
33. "In a Dim Room"