Book excerpt: "The Collectors: Being Cases mostly under the Ninth and Tenth Commandments" by Frank Jewett Mather is a collection of seven stories and a ballad all pertaining to art collecting. These stories are as followed, A Ballade of Art Collectors, Campbell Corot, The del Puente Giorgione, The Lombard Runes, Their Cross, The Missing St. Michael, The Lustred Pots, The Balaklava Coronal, and On Art Collecting. These stories discuss the act and history of this luxurious hobby.