The collection “Mr. Mulliner Tells” hospitably opens its pages to the reader, inviting him to spend several pleasant hours by the fireplace in the Anglerfisher’s Rest room in the company of Mr. Mulliner, who entertains the audience with funny stories. The inexhaustible wit, ingenuity and resourcefulness of the Mulliners will lift the spirits of even the most inveterate pessimist, and perhaps the reader will inscribe the motto of the famous family “The Mulliners can be puzzled, but not driven into a corner” on his shield.