The first of a planned Oxford Series of translations from Tagore, this volume contains 26 short stories of Tagore written over a long span (1884-1941). Prof. Sankha Ghosh has been involved with selection and as a general advisor of this project. Prof. Sukanta Chaudhuri is the editor of this series. A panel of 9 contributed to this volume: Meenakshi Mukherjee, Shanta Bhattacharya, Madhuchchhanda Karlekar, Supriya Chaudhuri, Amitav Ghosh, Palash Baran Pal, Tapobrata Ghosh, Sankha Ghosh, and Sukanta Chaudhuri. The book contains a long Introduction and elaborate notes. A quite well produced book -- this also contains many interesting illustrations by Rabindranath, Gaganendranath, Abanindranath etc.