A collection of short stories from the English novelist, playwright and journalist. Five Towns refers to the industrial district in the English midlands where Bennett was born and is known as Five Towns in his novels. Contents: The Dog; The Elixir of Youth; Baby's Bath; Jock-at-a-Venture; The Death of Simon Fuge; The Matador of the Five Towns; The Feud; The Lion's Share; The Silent Brothers; Beginning the New Year; His Worship the Goosedriver; The Idiot; Nocturne at the Majestic; Mimi; From One Generation to Another; and The Murder of the Mandarin.