As Other Men Are

As Other Men Are is a 1925 collection of short stories by the English author Dornford Yates (Cecil William Mercer), first published in The Windsor Magazine. The title is a reference to the parable of the Pharisee and the Publican.

As Other Men Are
First edition
AuthorDornford Yates
GenreNovel
PublisherWard Lock & Co[1]
Publication date
1925[1]
Media typePrint
Pages317[1]

Plot

The book consists of ten short stories, many of which revolve around the relations between an impecunious former officer of the Great War and a woman of wealth.[2] The title of each is the name of a significant male character.

Background

The stories were written for The Windsor Magazine.[3]

Chapters
Chapter Book Title Windsor Title Date Volume Issue Pages Illustrator
I Jeremy Unto Caesar June 1924 LX 354 3-16 Norah Schlegel
II Simon Shorn Lambs July 1924 LX 355 119-131 Norah Schlegel
III Toby Without Prejudice August 1924 LX 356 239-251 Norah Schlegel
IV Oliver Old Ale September 1924 LX 357 353-364 Norah Schlegel
V Christopher The Lord Of The Manor October 1924 LX 358 473-485 Norah Schlegel
VI Ivan Leading Strings December 1924 LXI 360 23-35 Norah Schlegel
VII Hubert Contrary Winds January 1925 LXI 361 135-146 Norah Schlegel
VIII Titus Ways And Means February 1925 LXI 362 255-270 Norah Schlegel
IX Peregrine Fallen Sparrows November 1924 LX 359 587-598 Norah Schlegel
X Derry The Flat Of The Sword March 1925 LXI 363 377-390 Norah Schlegel

Critical reception

The author’s biographer AJ Smithers noted that these tales have a rather harsher tone than that of the earlier stories.[4] Although they all have a happy ending, as required by the editor of The Windsor Magazine, he felt that by this date the writer was no longer seeing romance in the old-fashioned way.[4] Some of his women can be greedy and vinegar-tongued, particularly the American women.[4] Mercer's own wife, Bettine, was American and Smithers speculated that his tone was a reflection of the couple's marital problems, or that these stories were intended as a deliberate insult to her.[4]

References
  1. "British Library Item details". primocat.bl.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  2. Smithers 1982, p. 123.
  3. Smithers 1982, p. 122-123.
  4. Smithers 1982, p. 125.

Bibliography
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