n nPANS GARDENn n n nPans Garden is a thematic collection of stories which, in the words of the author, illustrates that characteristic belief, present in all my work, that there exists a definite relationship between Human Beings and Nature. From the opening novella, The Man Whom the Trees Loved--in which Nature welcomes and absorbs the soul of a man--to the concluding The Temptations of the Clay--in which Nature rejects the spirit of the man who tries to profit from it--we are transported into a natural world where the elements hold sway. Mike Ashley, in his introduction, calls Pans Garden the definitive volume of Blackwoods short stories. . . because it defines the true nature of Blackwoods writing.n n n nINCREDIBLE ADVENTURESn n n nIncredible Adventures represents what biographer Mike Ashley calls then nlast outburst of his golden period and is comprised of three novellasn nand two short stories. Here, nature is a living force, truth is then nonly religion and the past holds sway over the present. At times almostn nsurreal in their intensity, these tales exert a strange power over then nreader, opening our eyes to a larger world around us. From the ruggedn nmountains of Eastern Europe in The Regeneration of Lord Ernie to then nvast deserts of Egypt in A Descent Into Egypt, Blackwood takes us ton nother places--and other worlds.n