Contained here are a collection of short stories by William J. Locke.

Included in this volume are the following:

The Song of Life;

Ladies in Lavender;

Studies in Blindness: I. An Old-World Episode, II. The Conqueror, III. A Lover's Dilemma, IV. A Woman of the War;

The Princess's Kingdom;

The Heart at Twenty;

The Scourge;

My Shadow Friends.

Ladies in lavender was made into a poplular movie in 2004.