Over One Hundred Stories for Students

About the Book

This book is a simple collection of old stories, amusing and instructive but especially edited to be useful reading matter to all those young and ambitious men and women whose mother tongue is not English but who now realize the necessity of speaking and writing good English in order to progress in their chosen careers. It should appeal particularly to such persons in the Far East and in Central and Southern America.

About the Author

Born 1918 and matriculated with honors (1935, University of London). Conscripted in 1935 and served in the Royal Artillery until 1946 (discharged with rank of captain). Professional civil servant from 1946 to 1973. Full-time lecturer / senior lecturer from 1974 to 1983, specializing in law relating to building and construction contracts.