Speak of the Devil ed. Sterling North & C. B. Boutell (Doubleday, Doran, 1945, $3.00, 334pp, hc, an)
Selection of stories, poems and extracts about the devil.
- vii · Foreword · Sterling North & Clip Boutell · fw
- · The Smell of Sulphur
- 1 · Preface · Sterling North & Clip Boutell · pr
- 3 · Enoch Soames · Max Beerbohm · nv The Century Magazine May 1916
- 27 · The Devil in a Nunnery · Francis Oscar Mann · ss The Devil in a Nunnery by Francis Oscar Mann, Constable, 1914
- 34 · The Litanies of Satan · Charles P. Baudelaire; translated by Edna St. Vincent Millay & George Dillon · pm Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire, tr. Edna St. Vincent Millay & George Dillon, Harper & Brothers, 1936
translated from the French (“Les litanies de Satan”, Les fleurs du mal, Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, 1857).
- 36 · The Devil and the Broker · Bret Harte · ss The Californian November 26 1864
- 39 · The Devil’s Age · Franchun Beltzarri · pm (r)
- 40 · Thus I Refute Beelzy · John Collier · ss The Atlantic Monthly October 1940
- · Foreign Devils
- 45 · General Preface · Sterling North & Clip Boutell · pr
- 46 · The Generous Gambler · Charles P. Baudelaire · pm The English Review November 1918
translated from the French (“Le joueur généreux”, Le spleen de Paris, 1868).
- 49 · The Legend of Mont St. Michel · Guy de Maupassant · ss 1888
translated from the French (“La légende du Mont Saint-Michel”, Gil Blas December 19, 1882 as by Maufrigneuse).
- 53 · The Three Wishes · William Carleton · nv Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, v1 by William Carleton, 1830
- 73 · The Devil and the Innkeeper · Robert Louis Stevenson · vi Longman’s Magazine August 1895
- 74 · Wandering Willie’s Tale · Sir Walter Scott · ex from Redgauntlet, Constable, 1824
- 90 · St. John’s Eve · Nikolai Gogol · ss Taras Bulba and Other Tales by Nikolai Gogol, Dutton, 1917, as “The Witch”
- 105 · Divine Comedy, canto xxxiv · Dante Alighieri · ex (r)
- 109 · Of the Devil and His Works · Martin Luther · ex (r)
- 111 · A Day in Nuremberg · B. E. König · pm (r)
- 113 · Ghost Story · Selma Lagerlöf · ss (r)
- 124 · How Fryer Bacon Saved a Gentleman That Had Given Himselfe to the Devill · William J. Thoms · ex Early Prose Romances by William J. Thoms, Pickering, 1827
- 128 · The Devil and the Lady · Alfred, Lord Tennyson · ex Macmillan, 1930
- 131 · The Devil and the Old Man · John Masefield · ss The Green Sheaf #6, 1903, as “A Deep Sea Yarn”; dated 1905.
- 135 · The Devil, George, and Rosie · John Collier · nv The Devil and All by John Collier, Nonesuch Press, 1934
- · The War in Heaven
- 153 · Preface · Sterling North & Clip Boutell · pr
- 155 · Paradise Lost (Book 1) · John Milton · ex Samuel Simmons, 1667
- 159 · Revolt of the Angels · Anatole France; translated by Mrs. Wilfrid Jackson · ex John Lane, 1914
- · The Faust Legend
- 165 · Preface · Sterling North & Clip Boutell · pr
- 166 · Faust (Part 1) · Johann von Goethe · ex 1808
translated from the German (Die Tragëdie erster Teil).
- 184 · The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus · Christopher Marlowe · ex from The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, Thomas Bushnell, 1604
- · The Djinn Bottle
- 223 · Preface · Sterling North & Clip Boutell · pr
- 224 · Asmodeus or, The Devil on Two Sticks · Alain René Le Sage · n. 1708, as “The Devil Upon Two Sticks”
- 252 · Bottle Party · John Collier · ss Esquire October 1939
- · The Devil Quotes Scripture
- 259 · Preface · Sterling North & Clip Boutell · pr
- 262 · The Three Low Masses · Alphonse Daudet; translated by Farnsworth Wright · ss Weird Tales July 1925
translated from the French (“Les Trois Messes Basses”, Contes du Lundi, 1875).
- 268 · The Demon Pope · Richard Garnett · ss The Twilight of the Gods by Richard Garnett, Unwin, 1888
- 276 · The Screwtape Letters · C. S. Lewis · ex Geoffrey Bles, 1942
- · Satan Finds the New World
- 281 · Preface · Sterling North & Clip Boutell · pr
- 287 · The Devil and Tom Walker · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon & Gent., John Murray, 1824, as by Geoffrey Crayon
- 297 · The Devil in Manuscript · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine November 1835, as by Ashley A. Royce
- 303 · Balaam Foster’s Fiddle · Chapman J. Milling · ss (r)
- 308 · Satan and Sam Shay · Robert Arthur · ss The Elks Magazine August 1942
- 321 · The Devil and Daniel Webster · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 24 1936
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