14 stories
A mixed collection of fourteen stories of which at least four are fantasy and horror; witchcraft, possession, Atlantis, and vampire themes.
Full reviews:
• "Mr. Hume's Short Stories", The New York Times 1927-05-29, pp. BR9, 22
• {{a|Hugh Walpole}}, "Cyril Hume's Excess of Life", New York Herald Tribune 1927-05-29, pp. F1, 6 (very long)
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May publication is inferred from listing in "Books of the Week", NY Herald Tribune 1927-05-15 pF20, as "A baker's dozen of short stories" (that is, 13).
That is the earliest notice found 2019-05-04 in automated search of 1927 newspapers. The others May notices are reviews in both NYHT and NY Times two weeks later (see the collection record).
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Price is from those reviews and also Contento.
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{{Contento}} provides a complete list of 14 story titles as below, without page numbers, all as "ss" (1000-7499 words) except "In the Dark of the Moon" as "vi" (vignette, shorter).
This implies a few errors in the WorldCat list of 14 (OCLC, below).
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As of 2019-05-04, Amazon ASIN B00085TJIQ provides an image of the book front cover and spine, rather than dust jacket.
- Contents' page numbers from Archive.org copy.
