The World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories
 

HENRI RENÉ ALBERT GUY DE MAUPASSANT (1850-93)

The Necklace

The Man with the Pale Eyes

An Uncomfortable Bed

Ghosts

Fear

The Confession

The Horla, or Modern Ghosts

PIERRE MILLE

The Miracle of Zobéide

VILLIERS DE L'ISLE ADAM

The Torture by Hope

ERCKMANN-CHATRIAN (1822-99)—(1826-90)

The Owl's Ear

The Invisible Eye

The Waters of Death

HONORE DE BALZAC (1799-1850)

Melmoth Reconciled

The Conscript

JEAN FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET DE VOLTAIRE (1694-1778)

Zadig the Babylonian

PEDRO DE ALARÇON

The Nail

LUIGI CAPUANA (1839-00)

The Deposition

LUCIUS APULEIUS (Second Century)

The Adventure of the Three Robbers

PLINY, THE YOUNGER (First Century)

Letter to Sura