The Black Mask

The Black Mask
AuthorE.W. Hornung
LanguageEnglish
SeriesA. J. Raffles
GenreCrime fiction
PublisherGrant Richards (UK)
Scribner's (US)
Publication date
1901
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Preceded byThe Amateur Cracksman 
Followed byA Thief in the Night 

The Black Mask is a 1901 short story collection by E. W. Hornung. It was published in the UK by Grant Richards, London, and in the US by Scribner's, New York under the title Raffles: Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman.[1] It is the second collection of stories in Hornung's series concerning A. J. Raffles, a gentleman thief in late Victorian London.

Several of the stories were adapted for the 1977 Raffles television series.

  1. ^ Rowland, page 280.