The Literature of Crime ed. Ellery Queen (Little Brown, 1950, LC:50-10909, 405pp, hc, an)
Stories by World-Famous Authors.
- ix · A Letter from the Editor · Ellery Queen · in
- 3 · The Post-Mortem Murder · Sinclair Lewis · nv The Century Magazine May 1921
- 27 · Ransom · Pearl S. Buck · nv Cosmopolitan October 1938
- 53 · Before the Party · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine December 1922
- 79 · The Murder in the Fishing Cat · Edna St. Vincent Millay · ss The Century Magazine March 1923
- 96 · The Juryman · John Galsworthy · ss Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine September 1917
- 115 · The Murder · John Steinbeck · ss North American Review April 1934
- 127 · Monk [Yoknapatawpha County] · William Faulkner · ss Scribner’s Magazine May 1937
- 144 · The Limitations of Pambé Serang · Rudyard Kipling · ss The St. James’s Gazette October 4 1887
- 150 · Tabloid News · Louis Bromfield · ss Random House, 1930
- 165 · The Killers [Nick Adams] · Ernest Hemingway · ss Scribner’s Magazine March 1927
- 175 · Hunted Down · Charles Dickens · nv The New York Ledger August 20 1859 (+2)
- 197 · Paul’s Case · Willa Cather · nv McClure’s Magazine May 1905
- 218 · The Stolen White Elephant · Mark Twain · nv The Stolen White Elephant by Mark Twain, Webster, 1882
- 238 · The Gioconda Smile · Aldous Huxley · nv The English Review August 1921
- 268 · The Hand · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903, as “The Englishman”
translated from the French (“La main”, Le Gaulois, December 23, 1883).
- 275 · The Letters in Evidence · C. S. Forester · ss The Editor Regrets… ed. George Joseph, Michael Joseph, 1937
- 285 · Haircut · Ring Lardner · ss Liberty March 28 1925
- 297 · An Ideal Craftsman · Walter de la Mare · ss On the Edge by Walter de la Mare, Faber and Faber, 1930
- 316 · The Catbird Seat · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker November 14 1942
- 326 · Markheim · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885
- 343 · Mr. Brisher’s Treasure · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine April 1899
- 353 · London Night’s Entertainment · Margery Sharp · ss The Graphic November 28 1932
- 359 · Sense of Humor · Damon Runyon · ss Cosmopolitan September 1934
- 369 · The Verdict · Frank Swinnerton · ss London Calling 1943
- 376 · Clerical Error · James Gould Cozzens · vi Redbook Magazine August 1935, as “Foot in It”
- 380 · Guilty · Fannie Hurst · nv Cosmopolitan February 1921
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