Fifty Masterpieces of Mystery ed. Violet T. Murray, uncredited (Odhams, July 1937, 768pp, hc, an)
A bumper collection divided between “Crime Stories”, “Strange and Horrible Stories” and “Ghost Stories”.
- 15 · The Learned Adventure of the Dragon’s Head [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Pearson’s Magazine June 1926, as “The Dragon’s Head”
- 35 · The Magic Casket [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine October 1926
- 57 · The President of San Jacinto [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · ss People’s February 1 1923, as “The President of San Isidro”
- 79 · Outside the Law · Anthony Berkeley · ss The Strand Magazine July 1934, as by Francis Iles
- 90 · The Regent’s Park Murder [Old Man in the Corner] · Baroness Emmuska Orczy · ss The Royal Magazine September 1901
- 103 · They Never Get Caught · Margery Allingham · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine November 1934
- 125 · Before Insulin [Clinton Driffield] · J. J. Connington · ss The Evening Standard September 1 1936, as “Beyond Insulin”
- 134 · The Perfect Murder · Stacy Aumonier · ss The Strand Magazine October 1926
- 150 · The Shadow of the Shark [Gabriel Gale] · G. K. Chesterton · ss Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine December 1921
- 171 · The Marionettes · O. Henry · ss The Black Cat April 1902
- 183 · Diamond Cut Diamond [Quentin Quayne] · F. Britten Austin · nv The Red Book Magazine February 1925
- 207 · Murder at the Microphone [Dr. Louis Raphael] · Augustus Muir · ss Raphael, M.D. by Augustus Muir, Methuen, 1935
- 221 · Death in the Kitchen · Milward Kennedy · ss The Manchester Guardian 1930
- 225 · The Vertical Line · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Illustrated London News November 20 1935
- 239 · The Clue of Monday’s Settling · Edgar Wallace · ss Forty-Eight Short Stories by Edgar Wallace, Newnes, 1929
- 252 · The Ghost of a Smile · Gerard Fairlie · ss That Man Returns by Gerard Fairlie, Hodder, 1934
- 269 · Sons of the Chief Warder · Bertram Atkey · nv The Story-teller July 1931
- 291 · Query · Seamark · ss Out of the Dark by Seamark, Hodder, 1931
- 302 · The Room on the Fourth Floor · Ralph Straus · ss The American Magazine December 1912
- 312 · The Wounded God · A. E. W. Mason · ss Cosmopolitan July 1927, as “Little Sweetheart”
- 333 · The Electric King [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss Harper’s Magazine August 1930
- 352 · Charles · A. J. Alan · ss The London Magazine February 1928
broadcast by the BBC Aug 27, 1927.
- 360 · The Funeral March of a Marionette · John Metcalfe · ss The Independent January 1 1927
- 370 · The Interruption · W. W. Jacobs · ss Liberty July 4 1925
- 382 · Nobody at Home · C. D. Heriot · ss
- 386 · The Blood-Stained Pavement [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss The Royal Magazine March 1928
- 396 · St. Catherine’s Eve · Marie Belloc Lowndes · nv The English Review April 1910
- 423 · The Screaming Skull · F. Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s July 11 1908 (+1)
- 451 · The Idiots · Joseph Conrad · ss The Savoy #6, October 1896
- 474 · The Vampire · Sydney Horler · ss The Screaming Skull and Other Stories by Sydney Horler, Hodder, 1930
- 480 · The Interlopers · Saki · ss The Bystander January 17 1912
- 486 · The Travelling Grave · L. P. Hartley · nv Shudders ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1929
- 508 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843
- 513 · The Bird Woman · Henry Spicer · ss Strange Things Among Us by Henry Spicer, Chapman & Hall, 1863
- 516 · The Dabblers · William F. Harvey · ss The Beast with Five Fingers by William F. Harvey, J.M. Dent, 1928
- 526 · Marsyas in Flanders · Vernon Lee · ss For Maurice by Vernon Lee, John Lane, 1927; written 1900.
- 538 · The Room · Eleanor Scott · ss The Cornhill Magazine October 1923, as by H. M. Leys
- 555 · Florence Flannery · Marjorie Bowen · ss The Regent Magazine #13, December 1924
- 574 · The Ghost at Massingham Mansions [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv The Eyes of Max Carrados by Ernest Bramah, Grant Richards, 1923
- 598 · The House on Big Faraway · Norman Matson · ss The Evening Standard June 12 1934, as “The Woman in Scarlet Stockings”
- 608 · Madam Julia’s Tale · Naomi Royde-Smith · nv Madam Julia’s Tale and Other Queer Stories by Naomi Royde-Smith, Gollancz, 1932
- 631 · Sea Air · L. A. G. Strong · ss Good Housekeeping (UK) July 1933
- 647 · The Buick Saloon · Ann Bridge · ss The Cornhill Magazine June 1930, as by Mary O’Malley
- 662 · The Token · May Sinclair · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine March 1922
- 675 · The Cigarette Case · Oliver Onions · ss The Weekly Tale-Teller #67, August 13 1910
- 687 · A Pair of Hands · Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch · ss The Cornish Magazine December 1898, as by Q
- 699 · Blind Man’s Buff · H. Russell Wakefield · ss The Sketch April 25 1928
- 706 · The Man Who Was Milligan · Algernon Blackwood · ss Pearson’s Magazine November 1923
- 715 · The Ghost · Richard Hughes · vi A Moment of Time by Richard Hughes, Chatto & Windus, 1926
- 720 · The Room Over the Kitchen · A. M. Burrage · ss The Tatler October 17 1923
- 725 · Mr. Justice Harbottle [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Belgravia January 1872, as “The Haunted House in Westminster”
- 756 · The Dead Man of Varley Grange · Elizabeth Anna Hart, uncredited · ss 1878
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