"The Amateur Cracksman" by E. W. Hornung is a short story collection. It was the original short story collection by Hornung, featuring his most famous character, A. J. Raffles, a gentleman thief in late Victorian Great Britain. The book contains the tales: The Ideas of March, A Costume Piece, Gentlemen and Players, Le Premier Pas, Wilful Murder, Nine Points of the Law, The Return Match, and The Gift of the Emperor.