DescriptionBook bound with blind-stamped dark blue cloth, with a floral or organic pattern around the outside; title stamped in gold in the center with a stamped illustration depicting two men on either side of a table laden with various bottles. The spine is also guilt stamped, with the title and the image of a reclining man. The fore edge is guilt. The back cover is stamped with identical design and text as the cover but it has no color. "Illustrated with fifty choice etchings engraved expressly for this work". It includes a variety of short stories and excerpts of larger ones by a wide variety of authors.