AsthefirstvolumeofLawrence'scollectedshortstories,theywerewrittenbetween1924and1928,setinbothEnglandandAmericawhichcontainthefollowingthirteenshortstories:TheWomanWhoRodeAway;TwoBlueBirds;Sun;Smile;TheBorder-Line;JimmyandtheDesperateWoman;TheLastLaugh;InLove;TheManWhoLovedIslands;GladGhosts;NoneofThat!;TheRocking-HorseWinner;TheLovelyLady.ElevenwerecollectedinTheWomanWhoRodeAway(1928),though'TheManWhoLovedIslands'appearedintheAmericaneditiononlyandtheothertwoinTheLovelyLady(1933).Anunpublishedfragment'APureWitch'isalsoincludedhere.ThesestoriesreflectLawrence'sexperiencesinthepost-warperiod.Manywereconsiderablyrevised,somewerecompletelyrewrittenbyLawrenceandsubsequentlypublishedindifferentversions.Theeditorsgivecompositionhistoriesandexplainpublicationdifficulties,Appendicesrecordmanuscriptrevisionsforthreestoriesandshowcomplete,unpublishedearlyversionsoffour.