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The Great American Stories (Gulliver Books, April 1943, 1/-, 48pp, pb, an)     No. 15 in Gulliver Pocket Library’s Famous Stories of All Times. 3 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846 13 · Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The Knickerbocker January 1837, as “The Fountain of Youth”, uncredited. 28 · The Stout Gentleman [Bracebridge] · Washington Irving · ss Bracebridge Hall by Washington Irving, John Murray, 1822 42 · The Hollow of the Three Hills · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The Salem Gazette November 12 1830, uncredited.

Great American Writers: The Wild West (Gallery, 1989, 0-8317-9422-4, 302pp, hc, an) 7 · Riders of the Purple Sage [Judkins] · Zane Grey · n. Harper & Brothers, 1912 179 · Tennessee’s Partner · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly October 1869 185 · The Luck of Roaring Camp · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly August 1868 196 · The Caballero’s Way [The Cisco Kid] · O. Henry · ss Everybody’s Magazine July 1907 203 · The Pimienta Pancakes · O. Henry · ss McClure’s Magazine December 1903 209 · A Call Loan · O. Henry · vi Everybody’s Magazine July 1903, as by Sydney Porter 214 · The Last of the Mohicans · James Fenimore Cooper · ex 1826

Great British Mystery Stories of the Twentieth Century (The Franklin Library, 1990, hc, an) 1 · The Little House [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv Flynn’s Weekly October 9 1926 24 · The Avenging Chance [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1929 41 · The Tragedy at Brookbend Cottage [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv News of the World September 7 1913 (+1) 62 · The Hands of Mr. Ottermole [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · nv The Story-teller February 1929 80 · Sleeping Beauty · John Collier · ss Harper’s Bazaar (UK) May 1938 96 · The Mystery of the Sleeping-Car Express · Freeman Wills Crofts · nv The Premier Magazine #106, January 28 1921 119 · Lamb to the Slaughter · Roald Dahl · ss Harper’s Magazine September 1953 129 · Two Bottles of Relish [Mr. Linley] · Lord Dunsany · ss Time and Tide November 12 1932 (+1) 142 · From a View to a Kill [James Bond] · Ian Fleming · nv The Daily Mail September 21 1959 (+4), as “James Bond and the Murder Before Breakfast” 167 · The Murder in the Mayor’s Parlor · J. S. Fletcher · ss The Red Magazine September 15 1916 189 · The Aluminium Dagger [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine March 1909 214 · Earth to Earth · Robert Graves · ss Punch February 1955 219 · Weight and See [Insp. John Mallett] · Cyril Hare · ss Death Among Friends by Cyril Hare, Watt, 1959 232 · Great-Aunt Allie’s Flypapers [Adam Dalgliesh] · P. D. James · nv Verdict of 13 ed. Julian Symons, Faber and Faber, 1978 253 · Solved by Inspection [Miles Bredon] · Ronald Knox · ss 1925 265 · The Duchess and Lady Torrent · A. E. W. Mason · nv Harper’s Bazar September 1926 285 · The Bamboozling of Mr. Gascoigne [Samuel T. Billingham] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · nv The Strand Magazine April 1925 307 · Grey Lady Drive · Eden Phillpotts · ss Wayside Tales May 1922 323 · Means of Evil [Chief Insp. Wexford] · Ruth Rendell · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1977, as “The Case of the Shaggy Caps” 350 · A Theme for Hyacinth · Julian Symons · ss Argosy (UK) August 1967 371 · The Rubber Trumpet [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1934 389 · The Silver Mask · Hugh Walpole · ss Harper’s Bazaar March 1932 403 · Mr. Ledbetter’s Vacation · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine October 1898 421 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Great Comedies Made Into Movies (Royce, 1945, #143, pb, an)     Details supplied by Richard Bleiler. 3 · Bringing Up Baby · Hagar Wilde · ss Collier’s April 10 1937 33 · Little Miss Marker · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s March 26 1932 63 · Brother Orchid · Richard Connell · nv Collier’s May 21 1938 94 · Alibi Ike · Ring W. Lardner · nv The Saturday Evening Post July 31 1915

Great Detective Stories: One Volume Edition (Walter J. Black, 1928, hc, an)     Also as World’s Great Detective Stories and abridged as Baffling Detective Stories by Masters of Mystery. In 101 World’s Great Mystery Stories (Blue Ribbon 1928). 1 · Mr. Vincent Cawdor, Commission Agent [Peter Ruff] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss Pearson’s Magazine November 1909, as “An Episode in the Career of Mr. Vincent Cawdor, Commission Agent” 12 · Missing: Page Thirteen [Violet Strange] · Anna Katharine Green · nv The Golden Slipper and Other Problems for Violet Strange by Anna Katharine Green, Putnam's, 1915 37 · Madame Noel · François Eugène Vidocq · ar 1828 45 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart, 1844 58 · In Various Roles · Guy de Maupassant (error, actually by Léopold von Sacher-Masoch) · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the German (“Ein exotischer Prinz”, Soziale Schattenbilder, Gesenius, 1873). 62 · The Four Just Men [The Just Men] · Edgar Wallace · ex Tallis, 1905 67 · The Three Rings · Giovanni Boccaccio · ss from The Decameron (r) translated from the Italian (Decamerone, 1353). 69 · The Silent Bullet [Craig Kennedy] · Arthur B. Reeve · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine January 1911 81 · Tracks in the Snow · Alfred Henry Lewis · ss (r) 98 · The Stolen White Elephant · Mark Twain · nv The Stolen White Elephant by Mark Twain, Webster, 1882 113 · The Law Beaters · Richard Edward Connell · ss Collier’s June 23 1928 121 · Love and Police · Emile Gaboriau · ss (r) 131 · A Case of Identity [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine September 1891 144 · The Murder in the Mayor’s Parlor · Joseph S. Fletcher · ss The Red Magazine September 15 1916 160 · Extradition [John Dockbridge] · Arthur C. Train · ss Scribner’s Magazine March 1905 172 · Zadig · Voltaire · ex Romances, Tales and Smaller Pieces of M. De Voltaire by Voltaire, Dodsley, 1794 translated from the French (“Zadig ou la Destinée”, 1747). 178 · D’Artagnan, Detective · Alexandre Dumas · ex from The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later (r) translated from the French (Le Vicomte de Bragelonne ou Dix ans plus tard). 183 · The Tragedies in the Greek Room [Moris Klaw] · Sax Rohmer · nv The New Magazine (UK) April 1913, as “Case of the Tragedies in the Greek Room” 197 · The Majesty of Justice · Anatole France · ss (r) 213 · A Woman of the Streets · Victor Hugo · ss (r) 217 · Tough · Walter Davenport · ss Liberty March 21 1925 225 · The Lady with the Hatchet [Arsène Lupin] · Maurice Leblanc · ss Metropolitan May 1922 239 · Mr. Higginbotham’s Catastrophe · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine December 1834, uncredited. 247 · Miss Youghal’s Sais [E. Strickland] · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Civil and Military Gazette April 25 1887 251 · The Gray Seal [Jimmie Dale (The Gray Seal)] · Frank L. Packard · ss People’s Ideal Fiction Magazine May 1914 266 · The Mystery of a Studio [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · nv Boston American December 4 1905 284 · A Lodging for the Night · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Temple Bar October 1877 298 · Rinconete and Cortadillo · Miguel de Cervantes · ss (r) 313 · The Twelve Green Russian Garnets · Arthur Sherburne Hardy · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine August 1910 324 · The Night of Gems · Rafael Sabatini · ts The Premier Magazine #28, August 1916 339 · The Talking Bird · Harris Dickson · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 19 1925 351 · Angelo · John A. Moroso · ss (r) 360 · Well-Woven Evidence · Dietrich Theden · ss (r) translated from the German (“Fein gesponnene Faden”). 369 · The Bet · Anton Chekhov · ss Best Russian Short Stories ed. Thomas Seltzer, Boni & Liveright, 1917 374 · Too Dear · Leo N. Tolstoy · ss (r) 378 · The Hunch-Back Woman · Honoré de Balzac · ss (r) 382 · Cartouche · [uncredited] · ar (r); from Parisian Criminal Records. 401 · The Beaucaire Diligence · Alphonse Daudet · ss (r) from Letters from My Mill (1866). translated from the French (“Diligence de Beaucaire”, Lettres de mon moulin, 1869). 404 · The Three Strangers · Thomas Hardy · nv Longman’s Magazine March 1883 419 · Ghosts in Court · [uncredited] · ar (r) from French Trials. 427 · The Nail · Pedro Antonio de Alarcón · nv (r) 438 · The Detective · Eugène Sue · ss (r) 451 · El Conde Lucanor · Don Juan Manuel · ss (r) 454 · A Capillary Crime · F. D. Millet · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine December 1884 469 · Claude Du Vall · [uncredited] · ar (r) from Robber Tales. 473 · Sawney Beane · [uncredited] · ar Historical and Traditional Tales Connected with the South of Scotland, John Nicholson, 1843, as “Sawney Bean and His Family” 476 · Tracked by Trappers · Ouida · ss (r) 492 · Am I Myself? · [uncredited] · ar (r); from French Court Records. 500 · Dorido and Clorinia · Mateo Aleman · ss (r), uncredited. 509 · Pen, Pencil and Poison · Oscar Wilde · ar The Fortnightly Review January 1889

The Great Detectives (Hennel Locke Ltd., 1947, 165pp, hc, an) 9 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart, 1844 31 · The Crooked Man [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine July 1893, as “The Adventure of the Crooked Man” 52 · The Sweet Shot [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine March 1937 68 · A Chess Problem [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch February 13 1924 83 · The Long Dinner [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv The Windsor Magazine January 1935 123 · The Owl at the Window [Supt. Henry Wilson] · G. D. H. & Margaret I. Cole · nv Superintendent Wilson’s Holiday by G. D. H. & Margaret Cole, Collins, 1928, as “In a Telephone Cabinet” 150 · A Matter of Taste [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1928, as “The Bibulous Business of a Matter of Taste”

Great Ghost Stories (New Era Library, 1933, 22, 25¢, 48pp, pb, an) · Ghost Story · [uncredited] · in · The Damned Thing · Ambrose Bierce · ss Tales from New York Town Topics December 7 1893 · The Mummy’s Foot · Théophile Gautier; translated by Lafcadio Hearn · ss New Orleans Item June 16 1878 (+1) translated from the French (“Le Pied de Momie”, Musée de Familles, September 1840). · An Ancient Haunted House · Pliny the Younger · 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). · The Spectre Bridegroom · Washington Irving · ss The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent #4, November 10 1819, as by Geoffrey Crayon · The Moon-Slave · Barry Pain · ss Stories in the Dark by Barry Pain, Grant Richards, 1901 · The Ghost · Guy de Maupassant · ss Allouma and Other Tales by Guy de Maupassant, Holland Pub. Co., 1895, as “The Spectre” translated from the French (“Apparition”, Le Gaulois, April 4, 1883).

Great Ghost Stories (Watermill Classic, 1994, 0-816-70468-6, $2.95, 91pp, pb, an, cover by Mia Tavonatti) 1 · Keeping His Promise · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1906 23 · Caterpillars · E. F. Benson · ss The Room in the Tower and Other Stories by E. F. Benson, Mills & Boon, 1912 36 · The Squaw · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves December 2 1893 55 · The Hand · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903, as “The Englishman” translated from the French (“La main”, Le Gaulois, December 23, 1883). 65 · The Middle Toe of the Right Foot · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner August 17 1890 77 · Dickon the Devil [Martin Hesselius] · J. S. Le Fanu · ss London Society Christmas 1872

Great Ghost Stories (Reader’s Digest, 1997, 0-276-42330-5, 528pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 46 ghost stories selected by editors of The Reader’s Digest. 9 · Introduction · The Editors · in 13 · Ringing the Changes · Robert Aickman · nv The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 36 · The Corner Shop · Cynthia Asquith · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine September 1926 48 · The Whip Hand · A. L. Barker · ss Tales to Make the Flesh Creep ed. Herbert van Thal, John Constable, 1977 60 · A Tough Tussle · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner September 30 1888 66 · Transition · Algernon Blackwood · ss The New Witness December 11 1913, as “Mudbury’s Xmas Adventure” 71 · The Crowd · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales May 1943 79 · The Buick Saloon · Ann Bridge · ss The Cornhill Magazine June 1930, as by Mary O’Malley 92 · The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth · Rhoda Broughton · ss Temple Bar February 1868 101 · Smee · A. M. Burrage · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine December 1929 110 · The July Ghost · A. S. Byatt · nv Firebird 1 ed. Tim J. Binding, Penguin, 1982 122 · “To Let” · B. M. Croker · ss London Society Christmas 1890 135 · The Ghost Who Vanished by Degrees · Robertson Davies · ss High Spirits by Robertson Davies, Penguin, 1982 143 · Seaton’s Aunt · Walter de la Mare · nv The London Mercury April 1922 166 · No. 1 Branch Line, the Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866 176 · Autumn Cricket · Lord Dunsany · ss John Bull April 29 1950 180 · The Ghosts of Calagou · Elizabeth Fancett · ss The Virago Book of Ghost Stories: The Twentieth Century: Volume Two ed. Richard Dalby, Virago, 1991 187 · The Shepherd · Frederick Forsyth · na Hutchinson, 1975 209 · Florinda · Shamus Frazer · ss The London Mystery Magazine #29, June 1956 216 · The Old Nurse’s Story · Elizabeth Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas 1852, uncredited. 232 · A Little Place Off the Edgware Road · Graham Greene · ss Nineteen Stories by Graham Greene, Heinemann, 1947 237 · Someone in the Lift · L. P. Hartley · ss The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 242 · The Gateway of the Monster [Thomas Carnacki] · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Idler January 1910 258 · The Shadow of a Shade · Tom Hood · ss Bow Bells Christmas 1869 270 · The Old Man · Holloway Horn · ss Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery, and Horror Vol. 2 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1931 275 · Three Miles Up · Elizabeth Jane Howard · nv We Are for the Dark by Elizabeth Jane Howard & Robert Aickman, Cape, 1951 290 · The Romance of Certain Old Clothes · Henry James · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1868, uncredited. 305 · The Ash Tree · M. R. James · ss Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Edward Arnold, 1904 315 · The Phantom ’Rickshaw · Rudyard Kipling · nv Quartette Christmas 1885 332 · The Tower · Marghanita Laski · ss The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 338 · Schalken the Painter · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, James McGlashan, 1851 revised from “Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter” (Dublin University Magazine May 1839). 356 · Black Dog · Penelope Lively · ss Nothing Missing But the Samovar by Penelope Lively, Heinemann, 1978 362 · The Highboy · Alison Lurie · ss Redbook October 1990, as “A Curious Haunting” 373 · The Taipan · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Pearson’s Magazine October 1922 379 · An Apparition · Guy de Maupassant · ss Romance February 1891 translated from the French (“Apparition”, Le Gaulois, April 4, 1883). 385 · Man-Size in Marble · Edith Nesbit · nv Home Chimes December 1887 396 · William Wilson · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1840, Carey & Hart, 1839 411 · The Queen of Spades · Alexandre Pushkin · nv (r) translated from the Russian (“Pouschkine”, Biblioteka dlya chteniya, March 1834). 431 · I Used to Live Here Once · Jean Rhys · vi Sleep It Off, Lady by Jean Rhys, Andre Deutsch, 1976 433 · The Body-Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Pall Mall Gazette Christmas 1884 447 · The Judge’s House · Bram Stoker · nv Holly Leaves December 5 1891 461 · Poor Girl · Elizabeth Taylor · nv The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 476 · Blind Man’s Buff · H. Russell Wakefield · ss The Sketch April 25 1928 480 · Dual Control · Elizabeth Walter · nv Dead Woman by Elizabeth Walter, Collins and Harvill Press, 1975 488 · Breakages · Fay Weldon · ss The Midnight Ghost Book ed. James Hale, Barrie & Jenkins, 1978 496 · The Canterville Ghost · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review February 23 1887 (+1) 518 · Angeline, or the Haunted House · Émile Zola · ss The Star January 16 1899