The Omnibus of Adventure ed. John R. Colter (Dodd, Mead, 1930, 882pp, hc, an)
- vii · Foreword · John Grove · fw
- 1 · The Extraordinary Adventure of a Chief Mate · W. Clark Russell · ss The Mystery of the “Ocean Star” by W. Clark Russell, Chatto, 1888
- 17 · A Terribly Strange Bed · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words #109, April 24 1852, uncredited.
- 33 · Intersignum · Villiers de l’Isle-Adam; translated by Hamish Miles · ss Sardonic Tales by Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, tr. Hamish Miles, Knopf, 1927
- 49 · Story of the Young Man with the Cream Tarts · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv London June 8 1878 (+2)
- 76 · Buried Treasure · Stewart Edward White · nv McClure’s Magazine June 1906
- 107 · The Secret Sharer · Joseph Conrad · nv Harper’s Monthly Magazine August 1910 (+1)
- 146 · How Brigadier Gerard Won His Medal [Brigadier Gerard] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine December 1894, as “The Medal of Brigadier Gerard”
- 169 · The Leopard of the Sea · H. G. Dwight · ss The Atlantic Monthly April 1914
- 181 · The Four-fingered Glove · Eduard Engel · nv 1905
- 208 · Hunilla: A Story of the Enchanted Isles · Herman Melville · ss (r)
- 222 · The Prisoner of Assiout · Grant Allen · ss The Strand Magazine August 1891
- 231 · The Inundation · Émile Zola · nv (r)
- 255 · Sport Royal · Anthony Hope · nv Short Stories July 1906
- 289 · The Shot · Alexander Pushkin · ss The Queen of Spades and Other Stories by Alexander Pushkin, G. Bell & Sons, 1894
- 301 · Tamango · Prosper Mérimée · ss (r)
- 320 · Winter · Vladimir G. Korolenko; translated by Zénaïde A. Ragozin · nv 1920
- 345 · The Sire de Malétroit’s Door · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Temple Bar January 1878
- 364 · In the Fog · Richard Harding Davis · na R.H. Russell, 1901
- 415 · Zodomirsky’s Duel · Alexandre Dumas · ss The Strand Magazine June 1892
translated from the French (“Marianna”, Herminie and Marianna, Méline, Cans et Cie., 1859).
- 428 · The Sealed Orders · Alfred de Vigny · nv Tales of the First French Revolution ed. Anne Marsh, Simms and M'Intyre, 1849
- 454 · Long Odds [Allan Quatermain] · H. Rider Haggard · ss Macmillan’s Magazine February 1886
- 468 · The Man Who Would Be King · Rudyard Kipling · nv The Phantom Rickshaw by Rudyard Kipling, Wheeler, 1888
- 501 · 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).
- 513 · A Prisoner in the Caucasus · Leo N. Tolstoy; translated by Louise Maude & Aylmer Maude · nv (r)
- 538 · The Death of Olivier Bécaille · Émile Zola · nv (r)
- 564 · “Blow Up with the Brig!” · Wilkie Collins · ss Miss or Mrs.? and Other Stories in Outline by Wilkie Collins, Richard Bentley and Son, 1873
revised from “The Ghost in the Cupboard Room” (All the Year Round, Christmas 1859).
- 577 · The Three Strangers · Thomas Hardy · nv Longman’s Magazine March 1883
- 598 · The Roll-Call of the Reef · Arthur Quiller-Couch · ss The Idler June 1895, as by Q
- 613 · In the Tules · Bret Harte · ss The Strand Magazine December 1895
- 631 · Ms. Found in a Bottle · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Baltimore Saturday Visitor October 19 1833
- 641 · The Wreck · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r)
translated from the French (“L’épave”, Le Gaulois, January 1, 1886).
- 652 · Dr. Manette’s Manuscript · Charles Dickens · ex from A Tale of Two Cities, Chapman & Hall, 1859
- 665 · The Brigand’s Bride · Laurence Oliphant · ss (r)
- 684 · In the Time of the Terror · Honoré de Balzac · ss Shorter Stories from Balzac by Honoré de Balzac, Walter Scott, 1890
translated from the French (as introduction to Mémoires pour servir à l’histoire de la Révolution française, par Sanson, Librairie Centrale, 1829).
- 700 · The Mysterious Sketch · Émile Erckmann & Alexandre Chatrian · ss Strange Stories by Erckmann-Chatrian, Appleton, 1880, as by Erckmann-Chatrian
translated from the French (“L’esquisse mystérieuse”, Les Contes Fantastiques, Hachette, 1860).
- 716 · The Two Drovers · Sir Walter Scott · nv Chronicles of the Canongate by Sir Walter Scott, Cadell & Co., 1827
- 738 · The Snowstorm · Alexander Pushkin · ss The Strand Magazine March 1891
translated from the Russian.
- 751 · Djoumane · Prosper Mérimée · ss (r)
- 762 · Captain Sharkey [Captain John Sharkey] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss Pearson’s Magazine January 1897, as “The Governor of St Kitt’s”
- 796 · The Rock Scorpions · [uncredited] · ss (r)
- 807 · The Attack on the Mill · Émile Zola · nv Romance November 1891
translated from the French (“L’Attaque du moulin”, Les Soirées de Médan, 1880).
- 840 · A Descent Into the Maelström · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May 1841
- 856 · The Bear-Hunt · Leo Tolstoy · ss (r)
translated from the Russian (“Okhota pushche nevoli”, 1872).
- 865 · The Body-Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Pall Mall Gazette Christmas 1884
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