The Day The Wall Came Down Book

I liked the concept of this book. The premise is that a head waiter finds someone's luggage that has been left behind in a hotel, and for each item there is a story, which are told in separate chapters.

The stories were originally published in a literary magazine edited by Dickens and are written by himself and several other writers. Unfortunately, the results aren't too impressive, as the stories are quite dull and plodding and there don't seem to be any connections between them which would have given the book structure.

I think this one is for Dickens completionists and those with an interest in obscure Victorian authors only (I hadn't heard of any of the other writers before).