In Midsummer Days and Other Tales

August Strindberg was a 19th century Swedish playwright and painter. He was one of the father's of the modern theater. His work falls into the Naturalism and Expressionism literary movements. In Midsummer Days and Other Tales contains the following stories In midsummer days.--The big gravel-sifter.--The sluggard.--The pilot's troubles.--Photographer and philosopher.--Half a sheet of foolscap.--Conquering hero and fool.--What the tree-swallow sang in the buckthorn tree.--The mystery of the tobacco shed.--The story of the St. Gotthard.--The story of Jubal who had no "I."--The golden helmets in the Alleberg.--Little Bluewing find the goldpowder.