Period Stuff

Period Stuff is a collection of short stories by the English author Dornford Yates (Cecil William Mercer).
Some were written in 1939 but not published in book form until 1942.[2]
Some of the tales had originally appeared in The Windsor Magazine and others in The Strand Magazine.

Period Stuff

1944 dustjacket
Author	Dornford Yates
Genre	Short stories
Publisher	Ward Lock & Co[1]
Publication date	1942[1]
Media type	Print
Pages	319[1]

Plot

Thirteen short stories.

Chapters

Chapter	Title	Magazine	Date	Volume	Issue	Pages	Illustrator
I	My Lady's Chamber	The Windsor	September 1927	LXVI	393	394-407	Howard K Elcock
II	Behind The Scenes
III	A Special Case	The Windsor	May 1939	LXXXIX	533	704-716	Isabel Veevers
IV	His Brother's Wife	The Windsor	September 1939	XC	537	410-419	Claude Bendall
V	While The Iron Is Hot
VI	Beggar On Horseback	The Strand	February 1940	XCVIII	590	314-325	Jack Grandfield
VII	Finesse
VIII	Missing, Believed Killed	Woman's Home Companion	October 1941				Floyd Davis
IX	And Adela, Too	The Strand	June 1941	CI	606	82-90	M Mackinlay
X	Above Suspicion	The Strand	October 1940	XCIX	598	426-435	M Mackinlay
XI	Smooth Justice
XII	Way Of Escape
XIII	Period Stuff

References

1. "British Library Item details". primocat.bl.uk. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
2. Smithers 1982, p. 181.

Bibliography

• Smithers, AJ (1982). Dornford Yates. London: Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN 0 340 27547 2.
• Usborne, Richard (1974). Clubland Heroes. London: Barrie & Jenkins. ISBN 0 214 20012 4.