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Greatest Short Stories: Volume 2, American (P.F. Collier, 1953, 381+iipp, hc, an)     Details supplied by Mike Ward. 5 · An Experiment in Misery · Stephen Crane · ss The Open Boat by Stephen Crane, Heinemann, 1898 23 · The Brigade Commander · J. W. De Forest · nv The New York Times November 22 1874 69 · The Denver Express · A. A. Hayes · ss Belgravia January 1884 109 · The Ambitious Guest · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine June 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion” 125 · My Terminal Moraine · Frank R. Stockton · na Once a Week April 26 1892 183 · The Gold Bug · E. A. Poe · nv Dollar Newspaper June 21 1843 (+1) 241 · The Damned Thing · Ambrose Bierce · ss Tales from New York Town Topics December 7 1893 257 · The Luck of Roaring Camp · Francis Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly August 1868 277 · Marjorie Daw · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · nv The Atlantic Monthly April 1873 311 · They Brought Their Women · Edna Ferber · nv Cosmopolitan July 1932 345 · Big Blonde · Dorothy Parker · nv The Bookman February 1929

Greatest Short Stories: Volume 3, American (P.F. Collier, 1953, 384pp, hc, an)     Details supplied by Mike Ward. 7 · The Phonograph and the Graft · O. Henry · ss McClure’s Magazine February 1903 27 · Brother Rabbit’s Cradle · Joel Chandler Harris · ss Collier’s Weekly November 12 1904 41 · After the Battle · Joseph A. Altsheler · ss Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine March 1898 65 · “Many Waters” · Margaret Deland · nv Collier’s May 13 1905 109 · “To Make a Hoosier Holiday” · George Ade · ss Collier’s Weekly December 17 1904 131 · A Christmas Present for a Lady · Myra Kelly · ss McClure’s Magazine December 1902 145 · The Outcasts of Poker Flat [John Oakhurst] · Francis Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly January 1869 165 · Purple-Eyes · John Luther Long · ss The Century Magazine July 1898 201 · The Run of the Yellow Mail · Frank H. Spearman · ss McClure’s Magazine May 1901 227 · Mrs. Protheroe · Booth Tarkington · ss McClure’s Magazine February 1905 267 · Mr. Dooley on the Pursuit of Riches [Mr. Dooley] · F. P. Dunne · ss 1904 275 · The Charge · W. Douglas Newton · ss The Sketch September 2 1914 291 · Bondage · Leila Burton Wells · ss Harper’s Magazine January 1915 321 · The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County · Mark Twain · ss The Californian December 16 1865 revised from “Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog” (The New York Saturday Press, November 18, 1865). 333 · Rosemary for Remembrance · Henry Harland · ss The Yellow Book April 1895 359 · Such as Walk in Darkness · Samuel Hopkins Adams · ss McClure’s Magazine August 1902 373 · His First Penitent · James Oliver Curwood · ss Munsey’s Magazine August 1911

Greatest Short Stories: Volume 4, Foreign (P.F. Collier, 1915, 382+iipp, hc, an)     Details supplied by Mike Ward. 5 · Deliverance · Max Nordau; translated by Euphemia Johnson · ss Short Stories April 1896 translated from the French. 21 · The Outlaws · Selma Lagerlöf; translated by Grace Isabel Colbron · ss Short Story Classics (Foreign) ed. William Patten, P.F. Collier, 1907 51 · The Duel · Nikolai Dmitrievitch Teleshov; translated by Lizzie B. Gorin · ss Short Story Classics (Foreign) ed. William Patten, P.F. Collier, 1907 61 · The Hanging at La Piroche · Alexandre Dumas, fils; translated by R. W. Howes, 3rd. · ss Short Story Classics (Foreign) ed. William Patten, P.F. Collier, 1907 83 · The Gray Nun · Nataly von Eschstruth; translated by Lionel Strachey · ss Short Stories September 1901 translated from the German. 107 · The Fête at Coqueville · Émile Zola; translated by L. G. Meyer · nv Short Story Classics (Foreign) ed. William Patten, P.F. Collier, 1907 155 · A Work of Art · Anton Pavlovitch Chekhov; translated by Archibald J. Wolfe · ss Short Stories January 1906 translated from the Russian. 165 · The Bit of String · Guy de Maupassant; translated by Emar Soule · ss Short Stories April 1899, as “The String” translated from the French (“La ficelle”, Le Gaulois, November 25, 1883). 179 · A Scandal in Bohemia [Sherlock Holmes] · A. Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine July 1891 217 · Love and Bread · August Strindberg · ss Short Story Classics (Foreign) ed. William Patten, P.F. Collier, 1907; given as by Jean August Strindberg. 233 · The Suicide Club: Story of the Young Man with the Cream Tarts · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv London June 8 1878 (+2) 281 · The Fountain of Youth · Rudolf Baumbach; translated by Minnie B. Hudson · ss 1891 297 · Boless · Maxim Gorky; translated by Lizzie B. Gorin · ss Short Story Classics (Foreign) ed. William Patten, P.F. Collier, 1907 309 · The Silver Crucifix · Antonio Fogazzaro; translated by Lionel Strachey · ss Short Story Classics (Foreign) ed. William Patten, P.F. Collier, 1907 325 · 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). 347 · The End of Candia · Gabriele D’Annunzio; translated by Frederic Taber Cooper · ss Short Story Classics (Foreign) ed. William Patten, P.F. Collier, 1907 365 · The Price of a Life · Augustin Eugène Scribe; translated by Linda de Kowalewska · ss Short Stories January 1893

Greatest Short Stories: Volume 5, Foreign (P.F. Collier, 1953, 384pp, hc, an)     Details supplied by Mike Ward. 7 · The Queen of Spades · Alexander Sergeievitch Pushkin; translated by H. Twichell · nv The Strand Magazine January 1891 translated from the Russian (“Pouschkine”, Biblioteka dlya chteniya, March 1834). 25 · The Unknown Masterpiece · Honoré de Balzac · nv (r) 71 · My Friend the Murderer · A. Conan Doyle · ss London Society Christmas 1882 103 · The Dead Are Silent · Arthur Schnitzler · ss 1907 131 · How the Redoubt Was Taken · Prosper Mérimée · ss The Strand Magazine February 1891 translated from the French (Mosaïque, 1833). 141 · The Slanderer · Anton Pavlovitch Chekhov; translated by Herman Bernstein · ss 1901 149 · The Necklace · Guy de Maupassant; translated by Mathilde Wissenhorn · ss Short Stories May 1898 translated from the French (“La Parure”, Le Gaulois, Feb 17, 1884). 165 · Putois · Anatole France; translated by William Patten · ss Short Story Classics (Foreign) ed. William Patten, P.F. Collier, 1907 187 · The Courting of T’Nowhead’s Bell · James Matthew Barrie · ss Auld Licht Idylls by J. M. Barrie, Hodder & Stoughton, 1888 219 · The Roll-Call of the Reef · A. T. Quiller-Couch · ss The Idler June 1895, as by Q 247 · The Rendezvous · Ivan Turgenev; translated by Herman Bernstein · ss Short Story Classics (Foreign) ed. William Patten, P.F. Collier, 1907 265 · A Bal Masqué · Alexandre Davy de la Pailleterie Dumas; translated by R. W. Howes, 3rd. · ss Short Story Classics (Foreign) ed. William Patten, P.F. Collier, 1907 281 · Valia · Leonid Andreiev; translated by Lizzie B. Gorin · ss Short Story Classics (Foreign) ed. William Patten, P.F. Collier, 1907 303 · The Lost Child · François Edouard Joachim Coppée; translated by J. Matthewman · ss Short Stories December 1894 329 · The Man Who Would Be King · Rudyard Kipling · nv The Phantom ’Rickshaw and Other Eerie Tales by Rudyard Kipling, Wheeler, 1888

Greatest Short Stories: Volume 6, Foreign (P.F. Collier, 1953, 382+iipp, hc, an)     Details supplied by Mike Ward. 5 · The Accursed House · Émile Gaboriau; translated by E. C. Waggener · ss Short Stories February 1893 translated from the French. 17 · The Cloak · Nikolai Vasilevitch Gogol · na (r), as “The Overcoat” translated from the Russian (“Shinel”, Sochineniia, 1842). 67 · Cavalleria Rusticana · Giovanni Verga; translated by Frederic Taber Cooper · ss Short Story Classics (Foreign) ed. William Patten, P.F. Collier, 1907 translated from the Italian (Vita dei Campi, 1880). 79 · Railroad and Churchyard · Björnstjerne Björnson; translated by Rasmus B. Anderson · nv George Munro, 1882 119 · The Vendean Marriage · Jules Gabriel Janin; translated by Jane G. Cooke · ss Short Stories October 1899 translated from the French. 139 · The Young Girl of Treppi · Paul Johann Ludwig Heyse · na (r) 199 · The Sire De Maletroit’s Door · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Temple Bar January 1878 235 · The Thief · Feodor Mikailovitch Dostoievski; translated by Lizzie B. Gorin · ss Short Story Classics (Foreign) ed. William Patten, P.F. Collier, 1907 267 · Thou Shalt Not Kill · Léopold von Sacher-Masoch; translated by Harriet Lieber Cohen · ss (r) 277 · The Beauty Spot · Alfred Louis Charles de Musset · nv (r) translated from the French. 333 · A New-Year’s Eve Confession · Hermann Sudermann; translated by Grace Isabel Colbron · ss Short Story Classics (Foreign) ed. William Patten, P.F. Collier, 1907 345 · The Red Room · H. G. Wells · nv The Idler March 1896 363 · The Long Exile · Count Leo Nikolaievitch Tolstoi; translated by Nathan Haskell Dole · ss 1888 377 · Index of Titles · [uncredited] · ix (r) 380 · Index of Authors · [uncredited] · ix (r)

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. T. J. Binding, Allen Lane, 1982 first broadcast in Radio 3 in 1981. 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 Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., 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

The Great God Pan & Xelucha (Creation Oneiros, July 31, 2012, 978-1-902197-34-0, $14.95, 127pp, tp, an)     Anthology of the novella “The Great God Pan” by Arthur Machen (this follows the expanded 1984 edition) and “Xelucha” by M.P. Shiel. Illustrated by Austin Osman Spare. Introductions by Iain S. Smith, James Havoc, and Simon Dwyer. Foreword by H.P. Lovecraft. Details taken from online listing. · The Great God Pan · Arthur Machen · na The Great God Pan and The Inmost Light by Arthur Machen, John Lane, 1894 a portion appeared earlier in The Whirlwind, Dec 13, 1890. · Xélucha · M. P. Shiel · ss Shapes in the Fire by M. P. Shiel, John Lane, 1896