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• vii • Introduction (Famous Mystery Stories) • essay by J. Walker McSpadden
• 1 • The Spectre of Tappington • [The Ingoldsby Legends] • (1837) • novelette by Richard Harris Barham
• 34 • The Mysterious Sketch • (1880) • short story by Alexandre Chatrian and
  Émile Erckmann^?Emile Erckmann
  (trans. of L'esquisse mystérieuse 1859) [as by Erckmann-Chatrian]
• 58 • The Deserted House • novelette by E. T. A. Hoffmann (trans. of
  Das öde Haus^?Das oede Haus
  1817) [as by Ernest T. W. Hoffmann]
• 86 • The Adelantado of the Seven Cities • short story by Washington Irving (variant of The Adalantado of the Seven Cities: A Legend of St. Brandan 1839)
• 110 • The Pipe • short story by Richard Marsh [as by Anonymous]
• 139 • The Upper Berth • (1885) • novelette by F. Marion Crawford
• 172 • The Diamond Lens • (1858) • novelette by Fitz-James O'Brien
• 210 • The Horla • [Le Horla • 3] • (1903) • novelette by Guy de Maupassant (trans. of Le Horla 1887)
• 248 • The Mummy's Foot • (1882) • short story by
  Théophile Gautier^?Theophile Gautier
  (trans. of Le pied de momie 1840)
• 266 • The Thief • (1913) • novelette by Anna Katharine Green