Four stories, of a light and amusing kind, make up Mr. Wilde's little volume. The motif of them all may be described as the extraordinary in real life. The hero of the first tale has his character told by a palmistry professor, and immediately sets to work on the murder which the man of palms had seen in his hand. He makes ineffectual attempts upon two of his relations with aconitine and dynamite, and finally fulfils his destiny by throwing the chiromantist himself into the Thames. Another story is the record of an unexplained mystery. The 'Model Millionaire' is a case of entertaining angels unawares and with beneficial result; while the 'Canterville Ghost' —described as a Hylo-Idealistic Romance—has sufficient elements of suggestiveness to invite a reading.