The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories

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The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories is a collection by Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany (Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany). Many of the stories take place in Dunsany's invented world Pegana, a richly detailed world complete with recurring deities and heroes. Dunsany's work was a major influence on later science fiction and fantasy writers J. R. R. Tolkien and H. P. Lovecraft (among others).The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories was first published in 1908. The full list of stories is as follows:The Sword of WelleranThe Fall of BubbulkundThe Kith of the Elf-FolkThe HighwaymanIn the TwilightThe GhostsThe WhirlpoolThe HurricaneThe Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for SacnothThe Lord of CitiesThe Doom of La TraviataOn the Dry LandHOW TO USE THE EBOOK:You can read through the text with the following commands:+When reading a chapter, swipe to the left to go to the next page.+Swipe to the right to go to the previous page.+Double-tap the screen to move to the beginning of a chapter.+Click on 'Start where I left off...' to continue reading at the point at which you last closed the eBook.The eBook application allows you to change the text's font type, color and size as well as the color of the background. These settings will be saved when the application is closed and automatically applied when the eBook is opened again. The application keeps track of your current position in the text as you read and saves this position when you close the application. Upon relaunching the application, you can easily resume reading at the position of this virtual bookmark.These instructions are repeated in the eBook application.Please note that when you first open a chapter, the application takes two or three seconds to perform certain initialization operations before the text appears. The same is true when you change font and/or color settings.Languages: EnglishRequirements:Compatible with iPhone and iPod touchRequires iPhone 2.2 Software UpdateiPhone OS 3.0 Tested