Library of the World’s Best Mystery and Detective Stories: French: Italian: Spanish: Latin ed. Julian Hawthorne (The Review of Reviews Company, 1907, 304pp, hc, an)
Subtitled “One Hundred and One Tales of Mystery by Famous Authors of East and West”. Fourth of six volumes.
- 9 · The Necklace · Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant; translated by Jonathan Sturges · ss The Odd Number by Guy de Maupassant, tr. Jonathan Sturges, Harper & Brothers, 1889
translated from the French (“La Parure”, Le Gaulois, Feb 17, 1884).
- 18 · The Man with the Pale Eyes · Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (error, actually by Jean Richepin) · ss
translated from the French (“L’Homme aux yeux pâles”, Cauchemars, Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1892).
- 23 · An Uncomfortable Bed · Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant · vi
translated from the French.
- 26 · Ghosts · Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (error, actually by Léopold von Sacher-Masoch) · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the German (“Gepenster der Kirche”, Soziale Schattenbilder, Gesenius, 1873).
- 32 · Fear · Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant · ss
translated from the French (“La Peur”, Le Gaulois, October 23, 1882).
- 39 · The Confession · Guy de Maupassant; translated by Jonathan Sturges · ss The Odd Number by Guy de Maupassant, tr. Jonathan Sturges, Harper & Brothers, 1889
translated from the French (“La Confession”, Contes de jour et de la nuit, 1885).
- 44 · The Horla, or Modern Ghosts · Henri René Albert 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).
- 72 · The Miracle of Zobéide · Pierre Mille · ss
translated from the French.
- 80 · The Torture by Hope · Villiers de l’Isle-Adam; translated by Mary J. Safford · ss Short Stories July 1894
translated from the French (“La Torture par l’Espérance”, Nouveaux Contes Cruels, La Librairie Illustrée, 1888).
- 86 · The Owl’s Ear · Erckmann-Chatrian · ss
translated from the French (“L’oreille de la chouette”, Les Contes Fantastiques, Hachette, 1860).
- 97 · The Invisible Eye · Erckmann-Chatrian; translated by Charles S. Cheltnam · nv Temple Bar December 1870
translated from the French (“L’œil invisible ou L’auberge des trois pendus”, 1857).
- 115 · The Waters of Death · Erckmann-Chatrian · ss
translated from the French (“L’araignée-crabe”, Les Contes Fantastiques, Hachette, 1860).
- 130 · Melmoth Reconciled · Honoré de Balzac · nv
translated from the French (“Melmoth réconcilié”, Le Lievre de Contes, 1835).
- 181 · The Conscript · Honoré de Balzac · nv
translated from the French.
- 199 · Introduction to “Zadig the Babylonian” · [uncredited] · is
- 201 · Zadig the Babylonian · François Marie Arouet de Voltaire · na Romances, Tales and Smaller Pieces of M. De Voltaire by Voltaire, Dodsley, 1794
translated from the French (“Zadig ou la Destinée”, 1747).
- 260 · The Nail · Pedro de Alarcón; translated by George F. Duysters · nv
translated from the Spanish.
- 283 · The Deposition · Luigi Capuana; translated by Frederic Taber Cooper · ss
translated from the Italian.
- 292 · The Adventure of the Three Robbers · Lucius Apuleius · ex; from The Golden Ass.
translated from the Latin.
- 301 · Letter to Sura · Pliny the Younger · ss
translated from the Latin (as a letter to Sura, 2nd century AD).
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