Cirrus@Austlit

A wealthy British earl enlists for six months as a private in an army regiment and disruption follows. (PB)

Vultures, wolves and a troop of horses gallop up a valley during a fierce storm. The spirited leader of the horses is killed by a lightning bolt. (PB)

An artist holidaying at the English village of Barmouth rescues a young girl from the rising tide and later saves her sister from falling off a ledge. He overcomes his usual shyness and they become engaged, only then discovering that she is the rich daughter of a Manchester cotton mill owner. (pB)

A sentinel in the French army at the time of Napoleon is left behind on the Isle Rugen when the corps evacuates ... (PB)

Light tale of a marital dispute ceased by the discovery of an old photograph in a Scottish hunting lodge - and its settlement with the appearance of a former suitor. Jealousy scotched. (PB)

Avowedly falsely located in Adelaide, the tale of a proud retired English army colonel who determines to track down a thief with the help of Inspector B. Suspicion points to his servant Coldham until the evidence of an alcoholic carpenter points to the colonel himself - and the dual nature he was born with as a twin is revealed. (PB)

A clergyman in a little village in New York state invites those who wish to be married to step forward at the conclusion of afternoon service. A young man takes him too literally ... (PB)

On the affection and intelligence of cats and the dislike of one for singing and another for whistling. (PB)

Philip, Duke of Burgundy, while in disguise, hears of a romance foiled by a greedy defrauding father and arranges for a marriage at court and restitution of property. 'Good ruler' genre. (PB)

An Illinois farmer's unconventional courtship - a bald proposal which led to a happy marriage. (PB)

US tale of romance and jealousy. A man of southern European blood marries a beautiful woman only to separate from her when a trouble-maker reports that she has been kissing a young artist she had known previously. Loneliness, suffering, the death of their child and the truth revealed by the liar when he fears death, finally lead to a reconciliation only narrowly avoiding being on their deathbeds. (PB)

Summarised and dramatised from French police reports. A highwayman executed for his crimes is revived by a doctor and his students, with great mutilations. Even in his disabled state he continues - in league with others to rob and murder ... (PB)

Romance between an English gentleman and a young German woman begins when he gives her his ticket for the train to Nuremburg. A series of coincidences and a meeting with her father on the next train journey reintroduce them - and romance follows once a confusion of identities is cleared up. (PB)

His questioner's mathematical ability confuses a negro in Austin, Texas arrested for stealing chickens. (PB)

A husband's mistaken praises of his wife's first painting upset her. (PB)

Dialogue overheard at weddings. (PB)

Domestic tale. Includes mutual sacrifices and contrivances of the couple, resolution of disagreements, discussion of business; a 'reading group' for ladies, and the manufacture of shirts. (PB)

Clever plot by an intriguing parlour maid to win the confidence of her mistress, a London doctor's wife, and thus steal the valuable family silver. Includes the dismissal of an honest servant, a thief masquerading as a High Church clergyman, a pretended garden party and a lucky co-incidence on a railway journey. (PB)

An Indian anecdote of the monkeys who invited themselves to breakfast with an Englishman and his wife - and their etiquette. (PB)