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W. W. Jacobs

SENTENCE DEFERRED [Illustration:  “An elderly man with a wooden leg, who joined the indignant officer in the pursuit.”] Fortunately for Captain Bligh, there were but few people about,... Read more

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. H... Read more