Lord Dunsany

The Book of Wonder Annotated Lord Dunsany

The Book of Wonder is the seventh book and fifth original short story collection of Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, It was first published in hardcover by William Heinemann in November, 1912, and has been reprinted a number of times since. The book collects fourteen fantasy short stories by the author. The short story "How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art upon the Gnoles" is likely the origin of the term gnoll, used in a number of later works, notably the Dungeons and Dragons gaming franchise, to describe a humanoid fantasy race.