Included in this volume of Selma Lagerlof"s short fiction are "The Spirit of Fasting and Petter Nord," "The Legend of the Bird"s Nest," "The King"s Grave," "The Outlaws," "The Legend of Reor," "Valdemar Atterdag," "Mamsell Fredrika," "The Romance of a Fisherman"s Wife," "His Mother"s Portrait," "A Fallen King," "A Christmas Guest," "Uncle Reuben," "Downie," and "Among the Climbing Roses."