The Little Glass Bottle

"The Little Glass Bottle" is a short story by the late American author Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Written when he was only seven years old, it forms part of his juvenilia body of work.
==Synopsis==
The crew of a small boat happen across a bottle floating in the sea. Inside they find a note from the captain of a sinking ship loaded with treasure and map marked with his location, along with a note asking for assistance. Their minds filled with the thought of getting their hands on some booty, the crew hires a schooner and sets off with the map.
Upon reaching the spot marked off the coast of Australia, the crew finds to their chagrin that the whole venture has been a practical joke and that there is no treasure, only a bottle filled with a note apologising for tricking them and $25 to cover their expenses.
==Characters==
*William Jones, the crew's captain.
*John Towers, a crewman.
*John Jones/anonymous note writer, the prankster. Apparently unrelated to Captain Jones.
==Publication History==
Although written in 1897, "The Little Glass Bottle" did not see print until years after Lovecraft's death, when it was included in the anthology The Shuttered Room and Other Pieces in 1959. It has since been included in a number of collections, and has been translated into Italian and French.
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