'These stories have selected from the files of the Sydney Sunday Times to which paper they were originally contributed. In making the selection for the present publication the effort has been to get together an acceptably varied collection, rather than an array of authors' names. For value, Times Tales will compare favourably, it is believed, with any similar publication in any part of the world. Sunday Times Office, Sydney, N.S.W., December 1 1898' (from contents of Times Tales.)