Strange and Fantastic Stories ed. Joseph A. Margolies (Whittlesey House, 1946, $4.50, x+762pp, hc, an)
- vii · Introduction · Christopher Morley · in
- 1 · The Ancient Sin [Lord George Tarlyon] · Michael Arlen · ss Pan: The Fiction Magazine May 1923
- 10 · The Executioner · Honoré de Balzac · ss The Cosmopolitan September 1888
translated from the French (“El Verdugo”, La Mode, January 30, 1830).
- 21 · Enoch Soames · Max Beerbohm · nv The Century Magazine May 1916
- 50 · Daniel Webster and the Sea Serpent · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 22 1937
- 65 · Caterpillars · E. F. Benson · ss The Room in the Tower and Other Stories by E. F. Benson, Mills & Boon, 1912
- 74 · The Criminal · John D. Beresford · ss Nineteen Impressions by J. D. Beresford, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1918
- 83 · The Middle Toe of the Right Foot · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner August 17 1890
- 92 · The Occupant of the Room · Algernon Blackwood · ss Nash’s Magazine December 1909
- 101 · In the Mirror · Valery Brussof · ss The Republic of the Southern Cross and Other Stories by Valery Brussof, Constable, 1918
- 112 · Jean-ah Poquelin · George Washington Cable · ss Scribner’s Monthly May 1875
- 133 · Variation on a Theme · John Collier · ss Grayson, 1935
- 145 · The Trial for Murder · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, as “To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt”, uncredited.; given as by Charles Allston Collins & Charles Dickens.
- 157 · “Blow Up with the Brig!” · Wilkie Collins · ss Miss or Mrs.? and Other Stories in Outline by Wilkie Collins, Richard Bentley and Son, 1873
revised from “The Ghost in the Cupboard Room” (All the Year Round, Christmas 1859).
- 170 · The Brute · Joseph Conrad · ss The Daily Chronicle December 5 1906
- 191 · The Upper Berth · F. Marion Crawford · nv Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885
- 212 · True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal · Daniel Defoe · ar B. Bragg, 1706, uncredited.
- 221 · No. 1 Branch Line: The Signal-Man · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866
- 235 · The Three Infernal Jokes · Lord Dunsany · ss The Smart Set July 1915
- 242 · The Other Side of the Hedge · E. M. Forster · ss The Independent November 1904
- 248 · The Elixir of Life · Richard Garnett · ss Our Times July 1881
- 254 · President Lincoln’s Dream · Lord Halifax · ar Lord Halifax’s Ghost Book by Lord Halifax, Geoffrey Bles, 1936
- 256 · August Heat · William F. Harvey · ss Midnight House and Other Tales by William Fryer Harvey, J.M. Dent, 1910
- 262 · Wakefield · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine May 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion”
- 271 · The Story of Serapion · E. T. A. Hoffmann · ss The Serapion Brethren, Volume I by E. T. A. Hoffmann, George Bell and Sons, 1886
translated from the German (“Der Einsiedler Serapion”, Die Serapionsbrüder: Erster Band, February 1819).
- 282 · The Ghost · Richard Hughes · vi A Moment of Time by Richard Hughes, Chatto & Windus, 1926
- 286 · The Romance of Certain Old Clothes · Henry James · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1868, uncredited.
- 306 · The Mezzotint · M. R. James · ss Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Edward Arnold, 1904
- 318 · Mrs. Drainger’s Veil · Howard Mumford Jones · nv The Smart Set December 1918
- 345 · Wireless · Rudyard Kipling · ss Scribner’s Magazine August 1902
- 364 · The Woman Who Rode Away · D. H. Lawrence · nv The Dial July 1925 (+1)
- 401 · Carmilla [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · na The Dark Blue December 1871 (+3)
- 475 · The Kennel · Maurice Level · ss (r)
translated from the French (“Le Chenil”, Le Journal, 1906).
- 482 · The Novel of the White Powder · Arthur Machen · nv The Three Impostors by Arthur Machen, John Lane, 1895
- 499 · Lord Mountdrago · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan February 1939, as “Doctor and Patient”
- 523 · The Specter · Guy de Maupassant · ss Allouma and Other Tales by Guy de Maupassant, Holland Pub. Co., 1895
translated from the French (“Apparition”, Le Gaulois, April 4, 1883).
- 530 · Bartleby the Scrivener · Herman Melville · nv Putnam’s Monthly November 1853 (+1), uncredited.
- 568 · The Ghost Ship · Richard Middleton · ss The Century Magazine April 1912
- 579 · The Diamond Lens · Fitz-James O’Brien · nv The Atlantic Monthly January 1858, uncredited.
- 603 · Ligeia · Edgar Allan Poe · nv American Museum September 18 1838
- 619 · Laura · Saki · ss The Morning Post June 25 1912, as by H. H. Munro
- 624 · The Cyprian Cat · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Harper’s Bazaar (UK) May 1933
- 637 · Wandering Willie’s Tale · Sir Walter Scott · ex from Redgauntlet, Constable, 1824
- 655 · The Victim · May Sinclair · nv The Criterion October 1922
- 676 · Desire · James Stephens · ss Reedy’s Mirror March 1 1918
- 684 · Thrawn Janet · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss The Cornhill Magazine October 1881, as by R. L. S.
- 695 · The Torture of 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).
- 700 · Tarnhelm · Hugh Walpole · ss Liberty December 28 1929
- 716 · The Door in the Wall · H. G. Wells · ss The Daily Chronicle July 14 1906
- 733 · Kerfol · Edith Wharton · nv Scribner’s Magazine March 1916
- 756 · The Vanishing Lady · Alexander Woollcott · ar The New Yorker July 6 1929 (+1)
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