Pause to Wonder ed. Marjorie Fischer & Rolfe Humphries (Julian Messner, Inc., 1944, $3.00, 572pp, hc, an)
Stories of the Marvelous, Mysterious and Strange.
- xi · Possibility of Pleasure · Marjorie Fischer & Rolfe Humphries · in
- 1 · Reason · Ralph Hodgson · pm (r)
- 2 · A Haunted House · Virginia Woolf · vi Monday or Tuesday by Virginia Woolf, Hogarth Press, 1921
- 4 · The Philosophy of Relative Existences · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Magazine August 1892
- 11 · Birth · Liam O’Flaherty · ss The Fairy Goose and Two Other Stories by Liam O'Flaherty, Crosby Gaige, 1927
- 16 · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button · F. Scott Fitzgerald · nv Collier’s May 27 1922
- 42 · Strong but Quirky · Irwin Shapiro · ss (r)
- 46 · The Man That Stopped · Frank O’Connor · ss The Bones of Contention and Other Stories by Frank O'Connor, Macmillan, 1936
- 60 · A Man and His Boots · W. B. Yeats · vi The Celtic Twilight by W. B. Yeats, Lawrence & Bullen, 1893
- 61 · Off the Ground · Walter de la Mare · pm The New Fry’s Magazine May 1911
- 65 · The Rime of True Thomas · John Buchan · ss The Moon Endureth by John Buchan, Blackwood, 1912
- 74 · The Haunted Man · Ralph Bates · nv The Miraculous Horde by Ralph Bates, Cape, 1939
- 100 · A Horseman in the Sky · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 14 1889
- 107 · The Bowmen · Arthur Machen · vi The (London) Evening News September 29 1914
- 111 · Before the Battle at Lake Trasimenus · Livy; translated by B. O. Foster · ex (r)
- 112 · Private Martin Passy · William March · vi Company K by William March, Harrison Smith, 1933
- 114 · Ballad of the Buried Sword · Ernest Rhys · pm (r)
- 116 · The Perfect Game · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Daily News August 11 1906
- 120 · The Canterville Ghost · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review February 23 1887 (+1)
- 148 · The Rival Beauties · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Million March 30 1895
- 156 · The Dong with the Luminous Nose · Edward Lear · pm Laughable Lyrics by Edward Lear, Robert John Bush, 1877
- 160 · A Haunted House · Pliny · ss Library of the World’s Best Mystery and Detective Stories: French: Italian: Spanish: Latin ed. Julian Hawthorne, The Review of Reviews, 1907, as “Letter to Sura”
translated from the Latin (as a letter to Sura, 2nd century AD).
- 162 · The Transferred Ghost · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Magazine May 1882
- 174 · How a Beautiful Maiden Changed Into a Frog and Leaped Upon the Face of the Moon · C. E. S. Wood · ex A Book of Indian Tales by C. E. S. Wood, Vanguard Press, 1929
- 177 · An Imperfect Conflagration · Ambrose Bierce · vi The Wasp March 27 1886
- 181 · The Phantom Fence Rider of San Miguel · Henry Yelvington · ss
- 186 · Old Christmas · Roy Helton · pm Lonesome Water by Roy Helton, Harper & Brothers, 1930
- 188 · The Real Right Thing · Henry James · ss Collier’s Weekly December 16 1899
- 202 · The Quick and the Dead · Finley Peter Dunne · ss (r)
- 205 · Lady Into Fox · David Garnett · na Chatto & Windus, 1922
- 263 · Charley Lambert · J. M. Synge · vi (r)
- 265 · The Bold Dragoon; or, The Adventure of My Grandfather · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon & Gent., John Murray, 1824, as by Geoffrey Crayon
- 274 · The Vixen · Wilfrid Wilson Gibson · pm The Blue Review May 1913
- 277 · A Blazing Starre Seene in the West · Jonas Wright & I. H. · ts 1642; the full title is “A Blazing Starre seene in the West at Totneis in Devonshire, on the foureteenth of this instant November, 1642. Wherin is manifested how Master Ralph Ashley, a deboyst Cavalier, attemted to ravish a young Virgin, the Daughter of Mr. Adam Fisher, inhabiting neare the said Towne. Also how at that instant, a fearefull Comet appeared, to the terrour and amazment of all the Country thereabouts. Likewise declaring how he persisting in his damnable attemt, was struck with a flaming Sword, which issued from the Comet, so that he dyed a fearefull example to al his fellow Cavaliers.”
- 279 · The Last Laugh · D. H. Lawrence · ss The New Decameron IV, Blackwell, 1925
- 296 · Dionysus and the Pard · Geoffrey Household · ss The Salvation of Pisco Gabar by Geoffrey Household, Chatto, 1938
- 303 · Story of Pygmalion · Ovid · ex (r)
- 305 · The Chaser · John Collier · ss The New Yorker December 28 1940
- 308 · King Cheops’ Daughter · Herodotus · ex (r)
- 309 · Nelly Trim · Sylvia Townsend Warner · pm The Espalier by Sylvia Townsend Warner, Chatto & Windus, 1925
- 313 · The Story of the Siren · E. M. Forster · ss The Atlantic Monthly October 1923
- 321 · The Unicorn in the Garden · James Thurber · vi The New Yorker October 21 1939
- 323 · How Mount Shasta Was Made and How Grizzly Bears Came to Be · C. E. S. Wood · ex A Book of Indian Tales by C. E. S. Wood, Vanguard Press, 1929
- 325 · The Wisdom of the King · W. B. Yeats · ss The Celtic Twilight by W. B. Yeats, Lawrence & Bullen, 1893
- 330 · Orpheus and Eurydice · Virgil · ex (r)
- 332 · The Tryals and Confessions of Several Witches in New-England · Cotton Mather · ex The Wonders of the Invisible World by Cotton Mather, 1692
- 338 · The Witch of Coös · Robert Frost · pm Poetry January 1922
- 343 · Extract from Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven · Mark Twain · ex Harper’s Monthly Magazine December 1907 (+1)
- 381 · Colonel Sterett Relates Marvels · Alfred Henry Lewis · ss (r)
- 388 · A True Story · Lucian · ex (r)
- 389 · Macavity: The Mystery Cat · T. S. Eliot · pm Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot, Faber and Faber, 1939
- 391 · Private Roger Jones · William March · vi Company K by William March, Harrison Smith, 1933
- 392 · Tall Tales of the G.I.’s · Sergeant Bill Davidson · ss (r)
- 395 · The Elks · Julius Caesar · ex (r)
- 396 · Sacre du Printemps · Ludwig Bemelmans · ss Story #59, June 1937
- 401 · The Elf in Algiers · John Steinbeck · ss
- 404 · Lord Deliver Us · Donald Cowie · ss (r)
- 408 · The Voice of God · Winifred Holtby · ss Truth Is Not Sober by Winifred Holtby, Macmillan, 1934
- 417 · The Judgement Seat · W. Somerset Maugham · vi The Judgement Seat by W. Somerset Maugham, Centaur Press, 1934
- 422 · The Sensitive Goldfish · Christina Stead · ss Salzburg Tales by Christina Stead, Appleton, 1934
- 432 · Panic · Orson Welles · pl (r)
transcript of Howard Koch’s adaptation of H.G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds, first broadcast on CBS on CBS on October 30th 1938, accompanied by newspaper clippings of the panic.
- 450 · The Soul of Laploshka · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 8 1909
- 455 · No Trouble at All · Ludwig Bemelmans · ss Vogue March 1 1937
- 462 · Welsh Incident · Robert Graves · pm (r)
- 464 · The Angry Street [Club of Queer Trades] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Daily News January 25 1908, as “A Somewhat Improbable Story”
- 469 · Artist Unknown · Heywood Broun · ss 1941
- 473 · Miracle of St. Scothinus · [uncredited] · ex from The Acta Sanctorum Hiberniæ (r)
- 474 · The Saint · Antonia White · ss Life and Letters November 1931
- 481 · The Silence of God · Osbert Sitwell · pm (r)
- 484 · A Miracle of St. Goar · [uncredited] · ex from The Acta Sanctorum Bolland (r)
- 485 · Building the Church · J. M. Synge · vi (r)
- 486 · Private Edward Romano · William March · vi Company K by William March, Harrison Smith, 1933
- 487 · Blessed Patrick of the Bells · Lady Gregory · ss (r)
- 491 · How Caedmon Learned to Sing · Bede; translated by J. E. King · vi from Historia Ecclesiastica (r)
- 493 · King O’Toole and St. Kevin · Samuel Lover · ss Legends and Stories of Ireland by Samuel Lover, W.F. Wakeman, 1832
- 502 · The Man Who Could Work Miracles · H. G. Wells · ss The Illustrated London News July 1898
- 520 · A Shepherd and a Shepherdess · Elizabeth Goudge · ss The Strand Magazine January 1935
- 535 · The Case of Prometheus · Max Beerbohm · ss More by Max Beerbohm, 1899
- 540 · The Road from Colonus · E. M. Forster · ss The Celestial Omnibus and Other Stories by E. M. Forster, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1911
- 552 · Mr. Valiant Summoned · John Bunyan · ex from The Pilgrim’s Progress, Nathanial Ponder, 1678
- 553 · Philemon and Baucis · Ovid; translated by Frank J. Miller · ex (r)
- 556 · The Fairy Goose · Liam O’Flaherty · ss The Fairy Goose and Two Other Stories by Liam O'Flaherty, Crosby Gaige, 1927
- 563 · Passing Strange · John Masefield · pm (r)
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