Note: From Kai Lung's golden hours: The story of Hien and the chief examiner; The story of Wong Pao and the minstrel; The story of Chang Tao, Melodious Vision, and the dragon; The story of Won Ts'in and the willow plate embellishment. -- From Max Carrados mysteries: The secret of Headlam Height; The curious circumstances of the two left shoes; The missing witness sensation. -- From The specimen case: The delicate case of Mlle Célestine Bon; A very black business; Smothered in corpses; The goose and the golden egg.