Table of Contents

The Mystery of the Five Hundred Diamonds

The Siamese Twin of a Bomb-Thrower

The Clue of the Silver Spoons

Lord Chizelrigg's Missing Fortune

The Absent-Minded Coterie

The Ghost with the Club-Foot

The Liberation of Wyoming Ed

Lady Alicia's Emeralds

The Adventures of Sherlaw Kombs

The Adventure of the Second Swag

An Alpine Divorce

Which Was The Murderer?

A Dynamite Explosion

An Electrical Slip

The Vengeance of the Dead

Over The Stelvio Pass

The Hour and the Man

"And the Rigour of the Game"

The Woman of Stone

The Chemistry of Anarchy

The Fear of It

The Metamorphoses of Johnson

The Reclamation of Joe Hollends

The Type-Written Letter

A New Explosive

The Great Pegram Mystery

Playing With Marked Cards

The Count's Apology

Converted

An Invitation

The Long Ladder

"Gentlemen: The King!"

The Hour-Glass

In a Steamer Chair

Mrs. Tremain

A Society for the Reformation of Poker Players

The Terrible Experience of Plodkins

A Case of Fever

How the Captain Got His Steamer Out

Miss McMillan

"How Finley McGillis Held the Pier"

How to Write a Short Story . . .

Literary Article:

"Canadian literature"

Robert Barr (1849–1912) was a Scottish-Canadian short story writer and novelist, born in Glasgow, Scotland. His famous detective character Eugéne Valmont, fashioned after Sherlock Holmes, is said to be the inspiration behind Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot.