The Black Mask (published in some countries as Raffles: Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman) is the second collection of stories written by Ernest William Hornung in the A. J. Raffles series concerning a gentleman thief in late Victorian London. It was first published in 1901. The Short Stories contained in the collection are: * No Sinecure * A Jubilee Present * The Fate of Faustina * The Last Laugh * To Catch A Thief * An Old Flame * The Wrong House * The Knees of the Gods Several of the stories were adapted for the 1977 Raffles television series.