title: The Collected Tales of E.M. Forster
author:  E.M. Forster 
description: The Collected Tales of E. M. Forster by E.M. Forster,, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, Second, (2nd) Printing, September, 1947. This is a Collectible, Hardcover Book. There is NO Dust Jacket. The book is blue with gold lettering on the spine. There is an imprint on the front cover. This is a Rare collection Tales. A collection of stories with a new introduction by E.M. Forster. Includes the contents of The Celestial Omnibus and The Eternal Moment, both then out-of-print and unavailable in the United States in 1947. In the Introduction, Forster writes, "These fantasies were written at various dates previous to the first World-War, and represent all I have accomplished in a particular line." First published 1928 in two volumes; this edition combines both. Volume I, THE CELESTIAL OMNIBUS, contains: 1, The Story of a Panic; 2, The Other Side of the Hedge; 3, The Celestial Omnibus; 4, Other Kingdom; 5, The Curate's Friend; and, 6, The Road from Colonus. Volume II, THE ETERNAL MOMENT, contains 7, The Machine Stops; 8, The Point of It; 9, Mr. Andrews; 10, Co-ordination; 11, The Story of the Siren; and, 12, The Eternal Moment. The Story of a Panic, the opening story, is also the first work written by Forster. The last, The Eternal Moment, is dedicated to T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia).
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  # Dorothy Forster
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Sir Walter Besant
  
  
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  CHAPTER I. THE EVE OF ST. JOHN.
  
  
  CHAPTER II. THE FORSTERS.
  
  
  CHAPTER III. THE HEIR OF BAMBOROUGH.
  
  
  CHAPTER IV. HIS HIGHNESS THE PRINCE.
  
  
  CHAPTER V. MR. ANTONY HILYARD.
  
  
  CHAPTER VI. THE CHIEF CREDITOR.
  
  
  CHAPTER VII. ROOM FOR MY LORD.
  
  
  CHAPTER VIII. A PRINCE IN ISRAEL.
  
  
  CHAPTER IX. A HUNTING PARTY.
  
  
  CHAPTER X. A TENDER CONSCIENCE.
  
  
  CHAPTER XI. DAPHNE.
  
  
  CHAPTER XII. FRANK RADCLIFFE.
  
  
  CHAPTER XIII. CHRISTMAS EVE.
  
  
  CHAPTER XIV. CHRISTMAS TO TWELFTH NIGHT.
  
  
  CHAPTER XV. NEW YEAR'S DAY.
  
  
  CHAPTER XVI. A STRANGE THING.
  
  
  CHAPTER XVII. HE LOVES ME.
  
  
  CHAPTER XVIII. A CASE OF CONSCIENCE.
  
  
  
  
  
  VOL. II.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER XIX. MY DECISION.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER XX. HER LADYSHIP'S LETTER.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER XXI. MR. HILYARD'S DREAM.
  
  
    
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