First things first: Beryl Markham's "West with the Night" ranks among the great aviation memoirs of the early 20th Century. Markham's recounting of her childhood on a Kenyan farm, her time as a champion horse trainer, and her exploits an aviatrix are spellbinding. They're also beautifully written. Truly, "West with the Night" is an unheralded masterpiece. "The Splendid Outcast" ain't "West with the Night." This collection of stories, most published in women's magazines of the WWII era, lack the subtle poetry of Markham's memoir. For that matter, three of the stories in this collection weren't even written by Markham. Rather, they were written by her third husband, ghostwriter Raoul Schumacher. That said, these are not bad stories - particularly if one is interested in aviation or horses. I found them diverting, but not extraordinary. Let Markham's legacy be her memoir. As a writer of fiction, she was middling.