Category Archives: A Thief in the Night

The Last Word

This story was first published as part of A Thief in the Night in 1905. It takes place in June, 1900. The last of all these tales of Raffles is from a fresher and a sweeter pen. I give it … Continue reading

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The Raffles Relics

This story was first published in Pall Mall Magazine in the September 1905 issue. It takes place in December, 1899. It was in one of the magazines for December, 1899, that an article appeared which afforded our minds a brief … Continue reading

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The Spoils of Sacrilege

This story was first published in Pall Mall Magazine in the August 1905 issue. There was one deed of those days which deserved a place in our original annals. It is the deed of which I am personally most ashamed. … Continue reading

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A Trap to Catch a Cracksman

This story was first published in Pall Mall Magazine in the July 1905 issue. I was just putting out my light when the telephone rang a furious tocsin in the next room. I flounced out of bed more asleep than … Continue reading

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A Bad Night

This story was first published in Pall Mall Magazine in the June 1905 issue. The cricket match places this story in 1896, although Bunny should have been in prison, and Raffles in Italy at that time. There was to be … Continue reading

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The Field of Philippi

This story was first published in the US in Collier’s Weekly in the April 29, 1905 issue, and in the May 1905 issue of Pall Mall Magazine in the UK. Nipper Nasmyth had been head of our school when Raffles was … Continue reading

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The Criminologists’ Club

This story was first published in the US in Collier’s Weekly in the March 25, 1905 issue, and in the April 1905 issue of Pall Mall Magazine in the UK. It can be dated by the cricket match mentioned, and … Continue reading

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The Rest Cure

This story was first published in the US in Collier’s Weekly in the February 25, 1905 issue, and in the March 1905 issue of Pall Mall Magazine in the UK . I had not seen Raffles for a month or … Continue reading

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The Chest of Silver

This story was first published in the US in Collier’s Weekly in the January 21, 1905 issue, and in the February 1905 issue of Pall Mall Magazine in the UK. Like all the tribe of which I held him head, … Continue reading

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Out of Paradise

This story was first published in the US in Collier’s Weekly in the December 10, 1904 issue, and in the January 1905 issue of Pall Mall Magazine in the UK. It takes place in May, 1891. If I must tell … Continue reading

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