Around The College Henry Wodeash is known as 'The Professor'. This pipe-smoking biologist likes solving mysteries. In this collection of four short stories, The Professor and his junior colleague, help The Dean solve the mystery of a missing painting and a critical moment in the history of banking as a new text book is about to be published. Then they investigate how three blind mice can possibly cure glaucoma, if only they knew who is trying to frustrate this critical medical research. At a scientific convention The Professor runs into an old student whose ground breaking research into laser technology is about to be stolen, with the help of a case of crabs. Finally, awarding a poetry prize suddenly brings on unexpected difficulties and the Mermaid's Daughter has a tail to tell.