The Tree of Heaven


The Tree of Heaven is a collection of short stories by Robert W. Chambers. Mostly set in New York with a snowy nocturnal backdrop, the stories are light and humorous romantic tales, several of which feature the weird.
Published in America by D. Appleton & Company, New York, 1907, with pictorial cloth design, and by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1907, with dark green cloth and pictorial paste-down. Published in Britain by Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd, London, in 1908. It contains illustrations by Henry Hutt, Howard Chandler Christy and A. B. Wenzell.

Contents

  • "The Carpet of Belshazzar"
  • "The Sign of Venus"
  • "The Case of Mr. Helmer"
  • "The Tree of Dreams"
  • "The Bridal Pair"
  • "Ex Curia"
  • "The Golden Pool"
  • "Out of the Depths"
  • "The Swastika"
  • "The Ghost of Chance"