This book includes a set of 51 following tales: 1.the mission 2.charon 3.the death of pan 4.the sphinx at giza the hen 6.wind and fog rafts builders the worker the guest death and odyssey death and orange flower prayer time and the man of commerce the small town essential fields the worm and the angel the songless country the last thing the demagogue and the demi-monde the giant poppy roses the man with the golden earrings king karna-vootra's dream the storm a mistaken identity the true story of the hare and the turtle only the immortals a little moral tale the return of the song spring in town how the enemy came to thlunrana a losing game take picadilly after the fire 61 the city the food of death the lonely idol the sphinx in thebes (massachusetts) the reward the problem in leafy green street the mist furrow maker lobster salad the return of the exiles nature and weather 80 the song of the blackbird messengers the three great sons compromise what we came for pan's grave