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• xiii • Introduction (Strange to Tell: Stories of the Marvelous and Mysterious) • essay by Marjorie Fischer and Rolfe Humphries
• 1 • The Unicorn • poem by Rainer Maria Rilke (trans. of Das Einhorn 1905)
• 2 • The Wardrobe • (1936) • short story by Thomas Mann (trans. of Der Kleiderschrank 1899)
• 10 • Adventure with a Handbag • (1934) • short story by
  Иван Бунин^?Ivan Bunin
  (trans. of
  История с чемоданом^?Istoriya s chemodanom
  1931) [as by Ivan Bunin]
• 17 • To Saragossa or Back to the Pond • (1944) • short story by Fernán Caballero
• 19 • The Specter's Wedding • short story by Guy de Pourtalès (trans. of Le Mariage du fantôme 1943)
• 28 • The Virgin As Nun • (1929) • short story by Gottfried Keller (trans. of Die Jungfrau und die Nonne 1872)
• 34 • Nils Punctual and His Clocks • (1927) • short story by Gabriel Scott (trans. of Nils Punktlig og klokkerne hans 1909)
• 39 • The Haunted House • (1939) • short story by Luigi Pirandello (trans. of La casa del Granella 1905)
• 55 • The New Melusina • novelette by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (trans. of Die neue Melusine 1816)
• 74 • The Princess on the Pea • (1914) • short story by Hans Christian Andersen (trans. of
  Prinsessen paa Ærten^?Prinsessen paa AErten
  1835)
• 76 • The Waterwitch Lurley • poem by Heinrich Heine (trans. of Die Loreley 1823)
• 77 • The Spirit of Madame de Genlis • (1944) • short story by
  Николай Лесков^?Nikolay Leskov
  (trans. of
  Дух госпожи Жанлис^?Dukh gospozhi Zhanlis
  1881) [as by Nicolai Leskov]
• 91 • The Devil Turned Pleader • [Deutsche Sagen • 210] • (1826) • short story by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm (trans. of Der Teufel als Fürsprecher 1816) [as by The Brothers Grimm]
• 92 • The Ashlad Who Made the Princess Say, "You Lie" • (1945) • short story by Sigrid Undset
• 94 • Federigo • (1905) • short story by
  Prosper Mérimée^?Prosper Merimee
  (trans. of Federigo 1829)
• 104 • A Voyage to the Moon (excerpt) • [Les états et empires de la Lune et du Soleil] • short fiction by Cyrano de Bergerac
• 110 • Lord Arnaldos: Spanish Ballad • (1910) • poem by Anonymous
• 111 • The Story of the Haunted Ship • [Die Karawane / The Caravan • 2] • (1886) • short story by Wilhelm Hauff (trans. of Die Geschichte von dem Gespensterschiff 1825)
• 120 • The Big Gravel-Sifter • (1913) • short story by August Strindberg (trans. of Stora grusharpan 1903)
• 125 • Perseus and Andromeda or The Happiest One of the Triangle • short story by Jules Laforgue (trans. of Persée et Andromède: ou Le plus heureux des trois 1887)
• 148 • About Theseus • (1936) • short story by Paul Nizan (trans. of Histoire de Thésée 1937)
• 155 • Woman and Cat • poem by Paul Verlaine (trans. of Femme et chatte 1866)
• 156 • Bluebeard's Daughter • (1924) • short story by Louis Couperus (trans. of Blauwbaard's dochter 1915)
• 162 • A Domestic Drama • (1920) • short story by Georges Clemenceau (trans. of Drame d'adultère 1903)
• 168 • The Waterman • poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (trans. of Der Wassermann 1782)
• 170 • Doctor Ox's Experiment • (1874) • novella by Jules Verne (trans. of Une fantaisie du Docteur Ox 1872)
• 224 • The Man with a National Face • (1914) • short story by
  Максим Горький^?Maxim Gorky
  [as by Maxim Gorki]
• 228 • Tortoises ... for Luck • (1939) • short story by Luigi Pirandello (trans. of La tartaruga 1936)
• 233 • The Musical Conductor's Story • non-genre • (1929) • short story by
  Karel Čapek^?Karel Capek
  Karel Chapek
  (trans. of Historie dirigenta Kaliny)
• 237 • The Writer • (1914) • short story by
  Максим Горький^?Maxim Gorky
  [as by Maxim Gorki]
• 241 • The Hunter Gracchus • [Der Jäger Gracchus] • (1933) • short story by Franz Kafka (trans. of Der Jäger Gracchus 1931)
• 246 • The Stranger • short story by Marcel Proust (trans. of L'etranger 1896)
• 248 • The Djinns • poem by Victor Hugo (trans. of Les Djinns 1829)
• 252 • The Avenging Film • (1928) • short story by Massimo Bontempelli (trans. of La mia morte civile 1925)
• 260 • Two Actors for One Role • (1935) • short story by
  Théophile Gautier^?Theophile Gautier
  (trans. of Deux acteurs pour un rôle 1841)
• 269 • Gambling Hansel • [
  KHM (Kinder- und Hausmärchen)^?KHM (Kinder- und Hausmaerchen)
  • 82] • (1884) • short story by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm (trans. of De Spielhansl 1819) [as by The Brothers Grimm]
• 272 • The Wondrous Wonder, the Marvelous Marvel • [
  Народные русские сказки^?Narodnyye russkiye skazki
  • 256] • (1945) • short story by
  Александр Афанасьев^?Aleksandr Afanasiev
  (trans. of
  Диво дивное, чудо чудное^?Divo divnoye, chudo chudnoye
  1861) [as by Afanasiev]
• 274 • Makar's Dream • (1916) • novelette by
  Владимир Короленко^?Vladimir Korolenko
  (trans. of
  Сон Макара^?Son Makara
  1885) [as by Vladimir Korolenko]
• 301 • Voyage to the Regions of Prodigies • short fiction by Ludvig Holberg (trans. of Navigatio in terras paradoxas 1741) [as by Ludvig av Holberg]
• 310 • How a Muzhik Fed Two Russian Officials • (1930) • short story by
  Михаил Салтыков-Щедрин^?Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin
  (trans. of
  Повесть о том, как один мужик двух генералов прокормил^?Povest' o tom, kak odin muzhik dvukh generalov prokormil
  1869) [as by Mikhail E. Saltykov]
• 318 • The Elk—Captured When Asleep • (1938) • short story by Leonardo Da Vinci
• 319 • The Beyond • (1928) • short story by
  Аркадий Аверченко^?Arkadiy Averchenko
  (trans. of
  По ту сторону^?Po tu storonu
  1909) [as by Arkadyi Averchenko]
• 322 • The Wolf in the Kennels • (1943) • poem by
  Иван Крылов^?Ivan Krylov
  (trans. of
  Волк на псарне^?Volk na psarne
  1812) [as by Krylov]
• 324 • A Trip to Paris • (1935) • short story by Ignazio Silone (trans. of Un viaggio a Parigi 1934)
• 352 • Bontche Schweig • short story by
  י. ל. פרץ^?Peretz I. L.
  (trans. of
  באנציע שווייג^?Bontsye shṿayg
  1894) [as by Isaac Loeb Perez]
• 360 • God's Bread • (1941) • short story by Sholem Asch
• 365 • The Apparition • (1935) • short story by Arnold Zweig (trans. of Die Erscheinung 1933)
• 369 • The First Miracle • (1931) • short story by Azorín (trans. of El primer milagro 1929)
• 375 • The Three Hermits • (1906) • short story by
  Лев Толстой^?Lev Tolstoy
  (trans. of
  Три старца^?Tri startsa
  1886) [as by Leo Tolstoi]
• 382 • A Convent Tragedy • (1910) • short fiction by John the Hermit
• 383 • The Milk White Doe • (1872) • poem by Anonymous (trans. of La Chasse unknown) [as by Anon]
• 385 • By the Light of the Lanterns • short story by Pierre Mac Orlan (trans. of La lanterne sourde 1931)
• 398 • The Isle of Liberty (excerpt) • short fiction by François Augustin Paradis de Moncrif [as by Paradis de Moncrieff]
• 405 • The Master of the Atom • (1928) • short story by
  Ramón Gómez de la Serna^?Ramon Gomez de la Serna
  (trans. of El dueño del átomo)
• 417 • The Death of Oedipus • short story by Jean-Richard Bloch (trans. of
  La mort d'Œdipe^?La mort d'Oedipe
  1927)
• 427 • The City Coat of Arms • (1933) • short story by Franz Kafka (trans. of Das Stadtwappen 1931)
• 429 • Plato's Dream • short story by Voltaire (trans. of Songe de Platon 1756)
• 432 • The Hunter in Black • poem by Victor Hugo (trans. of Le chasseur noir 1853)
• 434 • Mr. Maillochin Was Going Home • novelette by Jacqueline Boisyvon and Yannik Boisyvon (trans. of M. Maillochin rentrait chez lui 1944)
• 471 • Faithful Peter • (1945) • short story by Lion Feuchtwanger (trans. of Der treue Peter 1942)
• 478 • Hindenberg's March into London (excerpt) • short fiction by
  Paul Georg Münch^?Paul Georg Muench
  (trans. of Hindenburgs Einmarsch in London (excerpt)) [as by Munch]
• 487 • Laughs Under the Heel • short story by Lucien Besnard (trans. of Rires sous la botte 1945)
• 489 • Penitent 43 • short story by Louis Aragon (trans. of Pénitent 43 1944)
• 498 • Sonnet VII • poem by Jean Cassou (trans. of Sonnet VII. Bois cette tasse de ténèbres, et puis dors... 1944)
• 499 • From the Trial of Joan of Arc • essay by Anonymous
• 510 • The Miracle of Twelfth Night • short story by Guy de Pourtalès (trans. of Le miracle de la nuit des rois 1941)
• 523 • Story for the Little Children of the Poilus • short story by Colette (trans. of Conte pour les petits enfants des Poilus 1916)
• 527 • In the North • (1911) • poem by Émile Verhaeren (trans. of Au nord 1899)