The complete online text of Lawyer Quince by W. W. Jacobs.

W. W. Jacobs, remembered today almost exclusively for his horror story "The Monkey's Paw" (The Lady of the Barge, 1902), was one of the most popular English humorists of the early twentieth century. His stories, many of them amusing tales of life along t...

Quince, a lumpy, pale-yellow fruit related to the apple, has a tart, sharply astringent taste straight off the tree. But in the right hands, this Cinderella is transformed, its flesh even changing color when cooked, from white to muted shade of pinkish maroon. ...

Quinces aren't what one would call a staple these days. But in other parts of the world and in colonial times in this country, they were as popular as apples and pears. Related to both, the quince is a hard, yellow, firm-fleshed fruit with...