Gwyn Jones

INTRODUCTIONIt was an American wit who listed one of man's greatest virtues as the art of making the long story short, but he was saying nothing about the short story which has its own necessary length, neither too long, nor too short, and is - in this editor's view - at its best when it presents a...

He came deliberately down from Holborn, through the crowded thoroughfares of Fetter Lane and Fleet Street, through the dark defile of Butchers' Row, into the Strand. Indifferent to the scrape and squelch under his feet, he feil in at the side of a dray going westwards, and walked on for about three...

Preface The main purpose of this book is to help students prepare for the Certificate of Proficiency in English examination of the Local Examinations Syndicate of the University of Cambridge. Many of the exercises are of the type found in the 'English Language' and 'Use of English' papers of...