The World of Mystery Fiction ed. Elliot L. Gilbert (U. of Cal. San Diego, 1978, 0-89163-042-2, $11.95, 441pp, hc, an)
- vii · Introduction · Elliot L. Gilbert · in
- 2 · Victims of My Craft · François Eugène Vidocq; translated by Edwin Gile Rich · ar from Vidocq, Houghton Mifflin, 1935
translated from the French (1828).
- 13 · The Prison Mazas · William Russell · ss from The Experiences of a French Detective Officer, 1861; final chapter.
- 29 · A Confession Found in a Prison in the Time of Charles the Second · Charles Dickens · ss Master Humphrey’s Clock April 18 1840
- 36 · Three “Detective” Anecdotes · Charles Dickens · gp Household Words #25, September 14 1850, uncredited.
- _37 · The Pair of Gloves · Charles Dickens · vi Household Words #25, September 14 1850, uncredited.
- _40 · The Artful Touch · Charles Dickens · vi Household Words #25, September 14 1850, uncredited.
- _42 · The Sofa · Charles Dickens · vi Household Words #25, September 14 1850, uncredited.
- 46 · The Murders in the Rue Morgue [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine April 1841
- 76 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart, 1844
- 93 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843
- 100 · A Scandal in Bohemia [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine July 1891
- 121 · The Red-Headed League [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine August 1891
- 142 · The Adventure of the Speckled Band [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine February 1892
- 166 · The Problem of Cell 13 [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · nv Boston American October 30 1905 - November 5 1905, as “The Mystery of Cell 13”
- 198 · The Oracle of the Dog [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine December 1923
- 217 · The Doomdorf Mystery [Uncle Abner] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 18 1914
- 229 · The Coin of Dionysius [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · ss News of the World August 17 1913, as “The Master Coiner Unmasked”
- 244 · Uncle Meleager’s Will [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Pearson’s Magazine July 1925, as “The Problem of Uncle Meleager’s Will”
- 262 · The Mad Tea-Party [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Redbook Magazine October 1934
- 291 · Crime in the Rue Sainte-Catherine [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by J. E. Malcolm · nv Argosy (UK) January 1963, as “According to the Altar Boy”; illustrated by Marçais
translated from the French (“Le Témoignage de l’Enfant de Chœur”, Maigret et l’Inspecteur Malgracieux, Presses de la Cite, 1947).
- 320 · The House in Turk Street [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask April 15 1924
- 338 · I’ll Be Waiting [Tony Reseck] · Raymond Chandler · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 14 1939
- 353 · Murder at the Automat · Cornell Woolrich · nv Dime Detective Magazine August 1937
- 371 · The Sleeping Dog [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · ss Argosy April 1965
- 388 · The Absent-Minded Coterie [Eugène Valmont] · Robert Barr · nv The Saturday Evening Post May 13 1905
- 418 · The Chocolate Box [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch May 23 1923, as “The Clue of the Chocolate Box”
- 431 · Death and the Compass · Jorge Luis Borges · ss (r)
translated from the Spanish (“La Muerte y la Brújula”, Sur, May 1942).
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