CONTENTS 1
1 A Puma at Large 1
2 Thirteen Equals One 13
3 An Unknown Goddess 25
4 The Double Life of Alfred Bloggs 38
5 The Facts 54
6 Smash and Grab 68
7 Crazy 79
8 A Famous Monastery 89
9 A Trip to Mars 99
10 The Loss of the'Titanic' 111
11 Not Guilty 123
12 Life on a Desert Island 134
13 'It's Only Me' 145
14 A Noble Gangster 157
15 Sixpence Worth of Trouble 167
16 Mary had a Little Lamb 178
17 The Greatest Bridge in the World 188
18 Electric Currents in Modern Art 201
19 A Very Dear Cat 213
20 Pioneer Pilots 223
21 Daniel Mendoza 237
22 By Heart 254
23 One Man's Meat is Another Man's Poison 267
24 A Skeleton in the Cupboard 282
25 The'Cutty Sark' 298
26 Wanted:a Large Biscuit Tin 320
27 Nothing to Sell and Nothing to Buy 330
28 A Pound too Dear 344
29 Funny or Not? 360
30 The Death of a Ghost 380