101 World’s Great Mystery Stories (Blue Ribbon Books, 1928, 842pp, hc, an)
Anthology expanded from World’s Great Detective Stories (Black, 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, 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 Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. 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, November 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, Osgood, 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 Works of M. de Voltaire: Volume the Eleventh by Voltaire, tr. T. Smollett et al., J. Newbery et al., 1762; includes “The Blind of One Eye”, “The Nose” and “The Dog and the Horse”.
translated from the French (“Zadig ou la Destinée”, Leseur, September 1748).
- 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 MacLean’s April 15 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; translated by Thomas Seltzer · 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] · ss Judicial Dramas by Henry Spicer, Tinsley Brothers, 1872, as by Henry Spicer
- 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
- 525 · The Knightsbridge Mystery · Charles Reade · nv Life (UK) May 11 1882 (+3)
- 552 · The Mysterious Sketch · Erckmann-Chatrian · ss Strange Stories by Erckmann-Chatrian, Appleton, 1880
translated from the French (“L’esquisse mystérieuse”, Les Contes Fantastiques, Hachette, 1860).
- 563 · The Confession · Fergus Hume · ss (r)
- 568 · The Two Drovers · Sir Walter Scott · nv Chronicles of the Canongate by Sir Walter Scott, Cadell & Co., 1827
- 587 · Chan Tow, the Highrob · Chester Bailey Fernald · ss The Century Magazine March 1895
- 594 · Jack Shepard · [uncredited] · ar (r); from Chronicles.
- 597 · Dick Turpin · [uncredited] · ar (r); from Prison Records.
- 607 · Legend of Count Julian · Washington Irving · ss Legends of the Conquest of Spain by Washington Irving, Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1835, as by The Author of “The Sketch-Book”
- 614 · Dr. Manette’s Manuscript · Charles Dickens · ex from A Tale of Two Cities, Chapman & Hall, 1859
- 624 · Twenty Years in the Tower of London · Sarah Nowell · ss (r)
- 635 · The Deserter · Neera · ss (r)
- 649 · The Trial of the Roses · Catulle Mendès · vi (r)
- 650 · A King’s Solution · [uncredited] · vi (r); a “Persian Classic”.
- 651 · Condy Cullen and the Gauger · Will Carleton · ss The National Magazine 1830
- 660 · Moses and the Divine Messenger · [uncredited] · vi from The Koran (r)
- 661 · A Case of Somnambulism · Luigi Capuana · ss (r)
- 675 · Kirdjali · Alexander Sergeievitch Pushkin · ss (r)
- 679 · Eugene Aram · [uncredited] · ar (r); from Prison Chronicles.
- 688 · The Skeleton of the Rue Vaugirard · [uncredited] · ar (r); from Parisian Trials.
- 703 · A Married Couple · Marcel Prévost · ss (r)
- 707 · Tales of the Police: The Sharper of Alexandria · [uncredited] · vi from The Arabian Nights (r)
- 708 · Tales of the Police: Story of the Chief of Cairo · [uncredited] · vi from The Arabian Nights (r)
- 710 · Tales of the Police: Story of the Chief of Bulak · [uncredited] · vi from The Arabian Nights (r)
- 711 · Tales of the Police: Story of the Chief of Old Cairo · [uncredited] · vi from The Arabian Nights (r)
- 711 · Tales of the Police: The Thief and the Shroff · [uncredited] · vi from The Arabian Nights (r)
- 712 · Tales of the Police: The Tale of the Old Sharper · [uncredited] · vi from The Arabian Nights (r)
- 713 · Tales of the Police: The First Constable’s History · [uncredited] · vi from The Arabian Nights (r)
- 715 · Tales of the Police: The Second Constable’s History · [uncredited] · vi from The Arabian Nights (r)
- 717 · Tales of the Police: The Third Constable’s History · [uncredited] · vi from The Arabian Nights (r)
- 718 · Tales of the Police: The Fourth Constable’s History · [uncredited] · vi from The Arabian Nights (r)
- 719 · The Marchioness of Brinvilliers · M. de Sevigne · ss (r)
- 723 · The Great Bullion Robbery · [uncredited] · ar (r); from Criminal Records.
- 729 · The Cranes · [uncredited] · vi (r); a Grecian Classic.
- 730 · The Houseworker · Federigo de Roberto · ss (r)
- 741 · A Curious Capture · [uncredited] · ss (r)
- 753 · Henry Simms, Alias Gentleman Harry · Henry Simms · ar (r)
- 761 · The Pardon · Emilia Pardo-Bazán · ss (r)
- 768 · Innocent Guilt · Cecil · vi (r)
- 770 · Lazarillo de Tormes · Hurtado de Mendoza · ss (r)
- 777 · Her Lover · Maxim Gorky · ss (r)
- 783 · The Iron Shroud · William Mudford · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1830, as by The Author of “First and Last”
- 793 · A Learned Greek · [uncredited] · vi from Novelle Antiche (r)
- 794 · The Case of Anglade · [uncredited] · ar (r); from French Trials.
- 802 · Another Solomon · [uncredited] · vi (r); from the Chinese.
- 803 · “It Will Out” · [uncredited] · ar (r); from Parisian Criminal Records.
- 815 · The Champa Maiden · [uncredited] · vi (r); a Tibetan Classic.
- 817 · The Withered Hand · [uncredited] · vi (r); from the Sanskrit.
- 818 · Those Old Lunes! · William Gilmore Simms · ss The Wigwam and the Cabin by William Gilmore Simms, John Wiley, 1845
- 830 · Rev. C. Colton · [uncredited] · ss (r); from an old magazine.
- 834 · Forty Years Awaiting Trial · [uncredited] · ar (r)
- 835 · On Your Oath? · [uncredited] · ar (r); from French Chronicles.
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