Under a Glass Bell

[1] The book is a collection of short stories, with topics ranging from diary keeping ("The Labyrinth"), to life in Paris ("Houseboat"), to a late-term abortion ("The Birth").

The first edition of the book contained 8 short stories and a foreword, written in the late 1930s and early 1940s.

[1] As the book was republished, in 1947 Nin added two more novellas, a prose poem and another story.

[1] The 1948 edition removed the prose poem and foreword, but added four more short stories.

[1] Kirkus Reviews wrote that "Once again Miss Nin creates dream images, illusions of unreality and insanity with poetic if incomprehensible phrases, forming a montage of exotic impressions -- all nebulous.