This book is a compilation of 5 books; 4 books of which are collections of short stories, and 1 full-length novel, titled "My Uncle Oswald".
The forty short stories were contained in the first 4 books, and are listed below:
1. A Piece of Cake,   2. An African Story, 3. Beware of the Dog, 4. Bitch, 5. Claud’s Dog,
6. Death of an Old Old Man, 7. Dip in the Pool, 8. Edward the Conqueror, 9. Galloping Foxley, 10. Genesis and Catastrophe,
11. Georgy Porgy, 12. Katina, 13. Lamb to the Slaughter, 14. Madame Rosette, 15. Man From the South,
16. Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel’s Coat, 17. My Lady Love, My Dove, 18. Neck, 19. Nunc Dimittis, 20. Only This,
21. Parson’s Pleasure, 22. Pig, 23. Poison, 24. Royal Jelly, 25. Skin,
26. Someone Like You, 27. Taste, 28. The Champion of the World, 29. The Great Automatic Grammatizator, 30. The Great Switcheroo,
31. The Landlady, 32. The Last Act, 33. The Soldier, 34. The Sound Machine, 35. The Visitor,
36. The Way Up to Heaven, 37. The Wish, 38. They Shall Not Grow Old, 39. William and Mary, 40. Yesterday Was Beautiful.