Lady of the Barge

This early work by William Wymark Jacobs was originally published in 1911 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. ''The Lady of the Barge'' is a collection of short stories that contains many of his most popular tales. Jacobs worked as a clerk in the civil service before turning to writing in his late twenties, publishing his first short story in 1895. Most of Jacob...