Emotions and relationships delicately but intensely registered, and some of the best descriptive writing in English, characterize the short stories of Katherine Mansfield. The Garden Party, published in 1922, was her last book to appear before her early death, and it made her reputation as one of the handful of unquestioned masters of the short story form. CONTENTS The tiredness of Rosabel Frau Brechenmacher Attends a Wedding The Swing of the Pendulum A Birthday Millie The Woman at the Store Bains Turcs An Indiscreet Journey The Little Governess Prelude Bliss A Married Man's Story Carnation This Flower The Man Without a Temperament The Daughters of the Late Colonel Her First Ball The Voyage At The Bay The Garden Party Honeymoon