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Stamboul Nights will recall the very real genius for the romantic presentation of adventure in exotic backgrounds which the author revealed. Every detail, if studied, was quietly set down without undue emphasis, and the whole was a finished composition. In the title story of the present volume, and in
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The Emerald of Tamerlane, written in collaboration with John Taylor, Mr. Dwight is on the same familiar ground. I had occasion three years ago to reprint
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The Emperor of Elam in an earlier volume of this series, and it still seems to be worthy to set beside the best of Gautier. There are other stories in the present collection with the same rich background, but I should like to call particular attention to Mr. Dwight's two masterpieces,
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Henrietta Stackpole Rediviva and
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Behind the Door.