As Other Men Are is a 1925 collection of short stories by the English author Dornford Yates (Cecil William Mercer), first published in The Windsor Magazine. The title is a reference to the parable of the Pharisee and the Publican.
Plot The book consists of ten short stories, many of which revolve around the relations between an impecunious former officer of the Great War and a woman of wealth. The title of each is the name of a significant male character.
Background The stories were written for The Windsor Magazine.
Chapters + Chapter Book Title Windsor Title Date Volume Issue Pages Illustrator I Jeremy Unto Caesar June 1924 LX 354 3-16 Norah Schlegel II Simon Shorn Lambs July 1924 LX 355 119-131 Norah Schlegel III Toby Without Prejudice August 1924 LX 356 239-251 Norah Schlegel IV Oliver Old Ale September 1924 LX 357 353-364 Norah Schlegel V Christopher The Lord Of The Manor October 1924 LX 358 473-485 Norah Schlegel VI Ivan Leading Strings December 1924 LXI 360 23-35 Norah Schlegel VII Hubert Contrary Winds January 1925 LXI 361 135-146 Norah Schlegel VIII Titus Ways And Means February 1925 LXI 362 255-270 Norah Schlegel IX Peregrine Fallen Sparrows November 1924 LX 359 587-598 Norah Schlegel X Derry The Flat Of The Sword March 1925 LXI 363 377-390 Norah Schlegel
Critical reception The author’s biographer AJ Smithers noted that these tales have a rather harsher tone than that of the earlier stories. Although they all have a happy ending, as required by the editor of The Windsor Magazine, he felt that by this date the writer was no longer seeing romance in the old-fashioned way. Some of his women can be greedy and vinegar-tongued, particularly the American women. Mercer's own wife, Bettine, was American and Smithers speculated that his tone was a reflection of the couple's marital problems, or that these stories were intended as a deliberate insult to her.
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External links Full text of the stories at HathiTrust Digital Library: Chapter 1: Jeremy: Unto Caesar Chapter 2: Simon: Shorn Lambs Chapter 3: Toby: Without Prejudice Chapter 4: Oliver: Old Ale Chapter 5: Christopher: The Lord of the Manor Chapter 6: Ivan: Leading Strings Chapter 7: Hubert: Contrary Winds Chapter 8: Titus: Ways and Means Chapter 9: Peregrine: Fallen Sparrows Chapter 10: Derry: The Flat of the Sword