Jerome K. Jerome 
Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green 

Jerome K. Jerome’s excellent short story collection includes "Reginald Blake, Financier and Cad, " "An item of Fashionable Intelligence, " "Blase Billy, " "The Choice of Cyril Harjohn, " "The Materialisation of Charles and Mivanway, " "Portrait of a Lady, " "The Man Who Would Manage, " "The Man Who Lived For Others, " "A Man of Habit, " "The Absent-minded Man, " "A Charming Woman, " "Whibley’s Spirit, " "The Man Who Went Wrong, " "The Hobby Rider, " "The Man Who Did Not Believe In Luck, " "Dick Dunkerman’s Cat, " "The Minor Poet’s Story, " "The Degeneration of Thomas Henry, " "The City of The Sea, " and "Driftwood." (Goodreads)