Pan's Garden, the volume of nature stories;
Blackwood's most distinctive contribution to the weird tale is his ability to evoke the unique spirit of a particular natural setting or phenomenon, whether it be a willow-choked river island, a tract of the Canadian wilderness, or a wind blowing from the south. Pan's Garden--as its name implies--is composed almost exclusively of such stories and is therefore essential reading for anyone with a serious interest in Blackwood.
Contents:
The man whom the trees loved . . . . 3
The south wind . . . . . . .105
The sea fit 115
The attic . . . . . . . . .137
The heath fire . . . . . . . .151
The messenger . . . . . , . .167
The glamour of the snow . . . . .177
The return . . . . . . . .213
Sand .......... 225
The transfer . . . . 3^3
Clairvoyance . . . 363
The golden fly ....... 375
Special delivery ........ 387
The destruction of smith ...... 405
The temptation of the clay. 419