CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| [Foreword. ] | James H. Hyslop | v |
| [The House and the Brain. ] | Lord Edward Bulwer-Lytton | 1 |
| [The Roll-Call of the Reef. ] | A. T. Quiller-Couch | 38 |
| [The Open Door. ] | Mrs. Margaret Oliphant | 62 |
| [The Deserted House. ] | Ernest Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann | 115 |
| [The Mysterious Sketch. ] | Erckmann-Chatrian | 143 |
| [Green Branches. ] | Fiona Macleod | 166 |
| [The Four-Fifteen Express. ] | Amelia B. Edwards | 187 |
| [The Were-Wolf. ] | H. B. Marryatt | 221 |
| [The Withered Arm. ] | Thomas Hardy | 246 |
| [Clarimonde. ] | Théophile Gautier | 281 |
| [The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral. ] | Montague Rhodes James | 324 |
| [What Was It? ] | Fitz-James O'Brien | 346 |