The Best American Mystery Stories of the Nineteenth Century ed. Otto Penzler (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, October 7, 2014, 978-0-544-30222-8, xvii+604pp, tp, an)
- ix · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in
- 1 · The Story of the Young Robber · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon, John Murray, 1824, as by Geoffrey Crayon
- 8 · The Rifle · William Leggett · nv The Atlantic Souvenir, Carey, Lea & Carey, 1827
- 30 · Mr. Higginbotham’s Catastrophe · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine December 1834, uncredited.
- 42 · The Murders in the Rue Morgue [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine April 1841
- 73 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart, 1844
- 90 · A Remarkable Case of Arrest for Murder · Abraham Lincoln · ts Quincy, Illinois Whig April 15 1846
- 97 · The Fatal Secret · Daniel Webster · vi The Boston Book, Being Specimens of Metropolitan Literature ed. James Thomas Fields, Tickner, Reed, and Fields, 1850
- 100 · The Danseuse · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · ex from Out of His Head, Carleton, 1862
- 112 · A Double Tragedy · Louisa May Alcott · ss Frank Leslie’s Chimney Corner June 1865, uncredited.
- 132 · The Two Sisters; or, The Avenger · Allan Pinkerton · nv Claude Melnotte as a Detective and Other Stories by Allan Pinkerton, W.B. Keen, Cooke & Company, 1875
- 182 · The Lady, or the Tiger? · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Magazine November 1882
- 188 · The Discourager of Hesitancy · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Magazine July 1885
- 194 · A Thumb-Print and What Came of It · Mark Twain · ss Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain, James R. Osgood, 1883
- 207 · My Favorite Murder · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner September 16 1888
- 215 · The Sheriff’s Children · Charles W. Chesnutt · ss New York Independent November 7 1889
- 230 · Gallegher · Richard Harding Davis · nv Scribner’s Magazine August 1890
- 256 · ’Round the Opium Lamp · William Norr · ss Stories of Chinatown by William Norr, William Norr, 1892
- 261 · Lingo Dan [Lingo Dan] · Percival Pollard · ss Lingo Dan by Percival Pollard, The Neale Pub. Co, 1903
- 270 · The Nameless Man [Robert Leroy Mitchel; John Barnes] · Rodrigues Ottolengui · ss The Idler January 1895
- 281 · The Montezuma Emerald [Robert Leroy Mitchel; John Barnes] · Rodrigues Ottolengui · ss The Idler February 1895
- 292 · The Doctor, His Wife, and the Clock [Ebenezer Gryce; Violet Strange] · Anna Katharine Green · na Putnam, 1895
- 330 · A Very Strange Case · William M. Hinkley · ss The Outing Magazine 1895
- 343 · The Long Arm · Mary E. Wilkins (with Joseph E. Chamberlin) · na Chapman’s Magazine August 1895
- 371 · The Mysterious Card [Mysterious Card] · Cleveland Moffett · ss The Black Cat February 1896
- 379 · The Mysterious Card Unveiled [Mysterious Card] · Cleveland Moffett · ss The Black Cat August 1896
- 394 · Tom Sawyer, Detective [Tom Sawyer; Huckleberry Finn] · Mark Twain · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine August 1896 (+1)
- 445 · The Corpus Delicti [Randolph Mason] · Melville Davisson Post · nv The Strange Schemes of Randolph Mason by Melville Davisson Post, Putnam's, 1896
- 470 · The Suicide of Kiaros · L. Frank Baum · ss The White Elephant #16, September 1897
- 482 · The Purple Emperor [Dick Darrel] · Robert W. Chambers · nv The Mystery of Choice by Robert W. Chambers, Appleton, 1897
- 501 · At Pinney’s Ranch · Edward Bellamy · ss The Atlantic Monthly December 1887
- 514 · The Blue Hotel · Stephen Crane · nv Collier’s Weekly November 26 1898
- 541 · A Cup of Cold Water · Edith Wharton · nv Greater Inclination by Edith Wharton, Scribner, 1899
- 565 · The Detective’s Pretty Neighbor [Nick Carter] · Nicholas Carter · ss Magnet Detective Library #89, 1899
- 583 · A Point in Morals · Ellen Glasgow · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine May 1899
- 595 · A Thousand Deaths · Jack London · ss The Black Cat May 1899
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