Ernest Bramahhumorous works were ranked with Jerome K. Jerome and W. W. Jacobs, his detective stories with Conan Doyle, his politico-science fiction with H. G. Wells and his supernatural stories with Algernon Blackwood. George Orwell acknowledged that Bramah''s book, What Might Have Been, influenced his Nineteen Eighty-Four. Bramah created the characters Kai Lung and Max Carrados.This selection chosen by the critic August Nemocontains the following stories:- The Secret of Headlam Height- The Mystery of the Vanished Petition Crown- The Holloway Flat Tragedy- The Curious Circumstances Of The Two Left Shoes- The Ingenious Mind Of Mr. Rigby Lacksome- The Crime At The House In Culver Street- The Strange Case Of Cyril Bycourt