The Mystery Book ed. H. Douglas Thomson (Odhams Press, 1934, 1083pp, hc, an)
- 7 · Introduction · H. Douglas Thomson · in
- 23 · Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty · Stacy Aumonier · ss The Strand Magazine September 1922
- 40 · A.V. Laider · Max Beerbohm · nv The Century Magazine June 1916
- 60 · A Thread of Scarlet · J. J. Bell · ss The Strand Magazine March 1927
- 73 · The Man and the Snake · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner June 29 1890
- 80 · The Occupant of the Room · Algernon Blackwood · ss Nash’s Magazine December 1909
- 89 · A Terribly Strange Bed · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words #109, April 24 1852, uncredited.
- 105 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant · nv The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the French (“Le Horla”, Gil Blas, October 26, 1886).
- 127 · The Black Veil · Charles Dickens · ss Sketches by Boz: First Series by Boz, Macrone, 1836, as by Boz
- 140 · The Ivory God · Joseph S. Fletcher · ss The London Magazine October 1905
- 153 · The Squire’s Story · Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell · ss Household Words Christmas 1853, uncredited.
- 169 · The Furnished Room · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World August 14 1904
- 176 · A Tale of Terror · Thomas Hood · vi The London Magazine 1821
- 179 · The Fall of the House of Usher · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine September 1839
- 199 · The Smile of La Gioconda · Morley Roberts · ss Bianca’s Caprice by Morley Roberts, T. Fisher Unwin, 1904
- 206 · The Invisible Man · H. G. Wells · n. C. Arthur Pearson, 1897
- 331 · My Adventure at Chiselhurst · A. J. Alan · ss The Evening Standard November 10 1932
broadcast by the BBC on June 13, 1932.
- 340 · The Nice Girl [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · ss Call Mr. Fortune by H. C. Bailey, Methuen, 1919
- 360 · The Game Played in the Dark [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv News of the World December 28 1913
- 381 · The Swedish Match · Anton Chekhov · nv (r), as “The Safety Match”
translated from the Russian.
- 401 · The Envelope · J. Storer Clouston · ss The Sphere November 24 1919
- 415 · The Missing Baronet [Supt. Henry Wilson] · G. D. H. & Margaret I. Cole · nv Superintendent Wilson’s Holiday by G. D. H. & Margaret Cole, Collins, 1928
- 440 · The Mystery of the Sleeping-Car Express · Freeman Wills Crofts · nv The Premier Magazine #106, January 28 1921
- 464 · The Adventure of the Speckled Band [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine February 1892
- 490 · Mr. Higginbotham’s Catastrophe · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine December 1834, uncredited.
- 501 · The Wrong House [A.J. Raffles] · E. W. Hornung · ss Scribner’s Magazine September 1901
- 515 · Another Shot in the Locker · Michael Kent · ss Pearson’s Magazine June 1929
- 523 · The Black Pearl [Arsène Lupin] · Maurice Leblanc; translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos · ss The Exploits of Arsène Lupin by Maurice Leblanc, tr. Alexander Teixeira de Mattos, Harper, 1907
translated from the French (“La Perle noire”, Je sais tout, July 15, 1906).
- 539 · The Cave of Ali Baba [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1928, as “The Adventurous Exploit of the Cave of Ali Baba”
- 568 · Markheim · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885
- 586 · The Green Mamba [J. G. Reeder] · Edgar Wallace · ss Flynn’s March 14 1925
- 603 · Jerry Jarvis’s Wig · Richard Harris Barham · ss Bentley’s Miscellany May 1843, as by Thomas Ingoldsby
- 620 · The Last Séance · Agatha Christie · ss Ghost Stories November 1926, as “The Woman Who Stole a Ghost”
- 634 · The Upper Berth · F. Marion Crawford · nv Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885
- 654 · The Haunted Ships · Allan Cunningham · ss The London Magazine November 1821
- 669 · Mrs. Veal · Daniel Defoe · ar B. Bragg, 1706, as “A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal the Next Day After Her Death to One Mrs. Bargrave at Canterbury the 8th of September, 1705”, uncredited.
- 678 · Out of the Deep · Walter de la Mare · nv The Riddle and Other Stories by Walter de la Mare, Selwyn & Blount, 1923
- 705 · A Night at an Inn · Lord Dunsany · pl Sunwise Turn, 1916
- 718 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902
- 729 · The Turn of the Screw [Turn of the Screw] · Henry James · na Collier’s Weekly January 27 1898 (+11)
- 829 · “Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad” · M. R. James · nv Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1904
- 850 · The Witch Aunt · Charles Lamb · ss (r)
- 857 · Thurnley Abbey · Perceval Landon · ss McClure’s Magazine October 1908
- 872 · Green Tea [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv All the Year Round October 23 1869 (+3), uncredited.
- 906 · The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain · Sir Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, Lord Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859, uncredited.
- 942 · The Werewolf · Captain Frederick Marryat · ex from The Phantom Ship, Henry Colburn, May 1839
- 962 · The Open Door · Margaret Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine #795, January 1882, uncredited.
- 1002 · Tchériapin · Sax Rohmer · ss The Sovereign Magazine April 1920
- 1020 · Wandering Willie’s Tale · Sir Walter Scott · ex from Redgauntlet, Constable, 1824
- 1040 · Where Their Fire Is Not Quenched · May Sinclair · nv The English Review October 1922
- 1060 · The Judge’s House · Bram Stoker · nv Holly Leaves December 5 1891
- 1083 · Indexes of Authors and Titles · [uncredited] · ix (r)
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