This volume includes 30 stories by British and American authors: THE MYSTERIOUS CARD by Cleveland Moffett THE OBLONG BOX by Edgar Allan Poe THE BIRTH-MARK by Nathaniel Hawthorne A TERRIBLY STRANGE BED by Wilkie Collins THE TORTURE BY HOPE by Villiers de l'Isle Adam THE BOX WITH THE IRON CLAMPS by Florence Marryat MY FASCINATING FRIEND by William Archer THE LOST ROOM by Fitz-James O'Brien THE ADVENTURE OF THE CANTANKEROUS OLD LADY by Grant Allen FINGERTIPS by L. T. Meade and Robert Eustace THE DIAMOND MASTER by Jacques Futrelle THE GREAT PORTRAIT MYSTERY by R. Austin Freeman THE BRONZE PARROT by R. Austin Freeman POWDER BLUE AND HAWTHORN by R. Austin Freeman THE LUCK OF BARNABAS MUDGE by R. Austin Freeman THE POISONED PEN by Arthur B. Reeve THE INVISIBLE RAY by Arthur B. Reeve THE SILENT BULLET by Arthur B. Reeve THE DEADLY TUBE by Arthur B. Reeve THE BLACK HAND by Arthur B. Reeve THE STEEL DOOR by Arthur B. Reeve THE GREAT K.& A. TRAIN ROBBERY by Paul Leicester Ford THE RISEN DEAD by Max Pemberton COWARDICE COURT by Geo B. McCutcheon THE CASE OF MRS. MAGNUS by Burton E. Stevenson THE EPISODE OF THE BLACK CASQUETTE by Joseph Ernest CHEAP by Marjorie L.C. Pickthall THE AFFAIR OF THE "AVALANCHE BICYCLE AND TYRE, CO., LTD" by Arthur Morrison THE BRONZE HAND by Anna Katharine Green THE MYSTERY OF A STUDIO by Jacques Futrelle