# The Book of Wonder — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Book of Wonder by Lord Dunsany.

- [Acknowledgments](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_book_of_wonder_se/chapters/acknowledgments.md): The author thanks the editors of The Sketch and The Saturday Review for permission to reprint the tales in this collection, noting that some were abbreviated for publication and are now presented in full.
- [The Book of Wonder](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_book_of_wonder_se/chapters/the-book-of-wonder.md): A collection of fantastical adventures set at the edge of the world, introducing various characters and their quests in a mythic, wonder-filled landscape.
- [The Bride of the Man-Horse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_book_of_wonder_se/chapters/the-bride-of-the-man-horse.md): On his 250th birthday, the centaur Shepperalk leaves his mother's cavern in the Athraminaurian mountains, taking a golden amulet and the silver horn of the centaurs. He gallops across the mundane plain, reveling in freed
- [Distressing Tale of Thangobrind the Jeweller](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_book_of_wonder_se/chapters/distressing-tale-of-thangobrind-the-jeweller.md): Thangobrind, a renowned thief-jeweller, accepts a Merchant Prince's quest to steal the Dead Man's Diamond from the spider-idol Hlo-hlo. He successfully drugs the priests and steals the gem, but Hlo-hlo follows him. In a 
- [The House of the Sphinx](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_book_of_wonder_se/chapters/the-house-of-the-sphinx.md): The narrator arrives at the House of the Sphinx seeking shelter from a dark forest. The Sphinx and her attendants are in a state of dread following a mysterious 'deed,' and they fear the arrival of an 'arch-inquisitor of

> 13 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=the_book_of_wonder_se_7174kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [Probable Adventure of the Three Literary Men](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_book_of_wonder_se/chapters/probable-adventure-of-the-three-literary-men.md)
- [The Injudicious Prayers of Pombo the Idolater](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_book_of_wonder_se/chapters/the-injudicious-prayers-of-pombo-the-idolater.md)
- [The Loot of Bombasharna](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_book_of_wonder_se/chapters/the-loot-of-bombasharna.md)
- [Miss Cubbidge and the Dragon of Romance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_book_of_wonder_se/chapters/miss-cubbidge-and-the-dragon-of-romance.md)
- [The Quest of the Queen's Tears](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_book_of_wonder_se/chapters/the-quest-of-the-queen-s-tears.md)
- [The Hoard of the Gibbelins](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_book_of_wonder_se/chapters/the-hoard-of-the-gibbelins.md)
- [How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art Upon the Gnoles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_book_of_wonder_se/chapters/how-nuth-would-have-practised-his-art-upon-the-gnoles.md)
- [How One Came, as Was Foretold, to the City of Never](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_book_of_wonder_se/chapters/how-one-came-as-was-foretold-to-the-city-of-never.md)
- [The Coronation of Mr. Thomas Shap](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_book_of_wonder_se/chapters/the-coronation-of-mr-thomas-shap.md)
- [Chu-bu and Sheemish](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_book_of_wonder_se/chapters/chu-bu-and-sheemish.md)
- [The Wonderful Window](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_book_of_wonder_se/chapters/the-wonderful-window.md)
- [Epilogue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_book_of_wonder_se/chapters/epilogue.md)
- [List of Illustrations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_book_of_wonder_se/chapters/list-of-illustrations.md)

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