Through Siberia in a trance / William Plomer -- The famous race between the hearse and the steamroller / Sidney Keyes -- A few short notes from a desert / John Sommerfield -- The lunatic fringe / Gavin Lambert -- In the ring / Arturo Barea -- Two New Zealand pieces / Anna Kavan -- African wedding / Humphrey Harman -- The frying pan / Frank O'Connor -- No such person / Dorothy K. Haynes -- Mister Borsht of Bansha / Leslie Daiken -- Two Ainu fables / Arthur Waley -- The week / Hugh Massingham -- I died of love / Elizabeth Bowen -- Our adventurous trip / Elie Papadimitrou -- The eye man / William Sansom -- Before winter / P.H. Newby.