Percival Christopher Wren is better referred to as a novelist, publishing twenty-eight novels from 1912 to 1941, the main well-known of which being Beau Geste (1924). Wren additionally released seven brief tale collections: Stepsons of France (1917), The younger Stagers (1917), solid Gestes (1929), improper Blades (1933), Port o' lacking males (1934), tough taking pictures (1938), and Odd—But nevertheless (1941). those brief tale collections contained a complete of 116 tales. there have been additionally omnibus collections released, tales of the international Legion (1947) and lifeless Men's Boots (1949), containing tales taken from Stepsons of France, solid Gestes, mistaken Blades, and Port o' lacking males. as well as the 116 tales released in Wren's brief tale collections there are a few extra goods within the accumulated brief tales. "At Oxford: blameless Ernest and crafty Eintz" is a brief tale initially released in 1919 in an vague fiction journal. "The Romantic Regiment" and "Twenty-Four Hours within the international Legion" are "factual" articles initially released in magazines. "Wonderful Egypt" is a piece of writing (more a photographic essay) initially released within the Strand journal. the thing "I observed a Vision!" initially seemed in a unprecedented psychic journal, Prediction. there's additionally a piece of writing present in an Australian newspaper, "Meaning of Dreams", the place Wren relates a number of goals he had skilled. ultimately there's "Broken Glass", an unpublished brief tale. each one tale has introductory reviews through the editor, John L. Espley. quantity 3 of The amassed brief tales comprises nineteen tales by way of Wren and one article by way of the editor. the 19 tales comprise 9 from wrong Blades (February 1933) and ten from Port o' lacking males (March 1934), which have been initially released within the Passing express, a fiction journal, from March 25 via September 2, 1933. the object is an inventory of all of Wren's tales which are concerning each other, supplying an inventory of reports that includes a number of characters (such as los angeles Cigale, McSnorrt, the Geste Brothers, etc.) and different relationships (stories set in India, tales concerning the overseas Legion, tales in regards to the sea, etc.).