A Jubilee Present

About “A Jubilee Present”

"A Jubilee Present" is a short story by E. W. Hornung, featuring the gentleman thief A. J. Raffles and his companion and biographer, Bunny Manders. It was first published in February 1901 in Scribner's Magazine. The story was also included as the second piece in the collection The Black Mask, published by Grant Richards in London and Charles Scribner's Sons in New York, both in 1901. The story is part of a series that centers on Raffles, a skilled and charismatic thief who operates with a code of honor. The narrative focuses on a specific heist or event tied to a royal celebration, though details of the plot are not provided in the source. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)