Pilgrim Cottage Omnibus: Cecil Richards

Pilgrim Cottage: Ann, a dancer, has just been stranded penniless in the city. Philip, a young and struggling novelist, having quit a regular job in London to devote himself exclusively to writing, has also exhausted his last few pounds. By chance, they meet a Mrs. Cressington, one of those inevitable American matrons, with lots of money and spending nature, who are wont to luxuriate abroad. She decides to generously patronize the arts by presenting them with an Elizabethan cottage in England. The Guests Arrive: Described as a romance in sunshine with tragedy: the story of Anton Salzenthal, the great pianist, in his schloss at Zell-qm-See. Volcano: A series of strange events in and around a group of volcanic islands in the Augean with associated happenings in London. On a bright morning, Ian Caudray, a young devotee of archaeology and of the classics swims from a yacht to one of the islands which he believes is uninhabited. When a beautiful girl appears he thinks of her as Nausicaa with himself as Odysseus- but she makes it clear she doesn't share his fantasy and wants him gone! Discouraged, he returns to the yacht for breakfast and a light-hearted inquisition from his family - but it's not long before the beautiful lady's secrets come out. Photographic illustrations.