This edition features a linked Table of Contents and linked footnotes CONTENTS 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 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

LIBRARY OF THE WORLD'S BEST MYSTERY AND DETECTIVE STORIES This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery. LIBRARY OF THE WORLD'S BEST MYSTERY AND DETECTIVE STORIES She was one of those pretty and charming girls who are sometimes as if by a mistake of destiny, born in a family of clerks. She had no dowry, no expectations, no means of being known, understood, loved, wedded, by any rich and distinguished man; and she let herself be married to a little clerk at the Ministry of Public Instruction. LIBRARY OF THE WORLD'S BEST MYSTERY AND DETECTIVE STORIES She dressed plainly because she could not dress well, but she was as unhappy as though she had really fallen from her proper station; since with women there is neither caste nor rank; and beauty, grace, and charm act instead of family and birth. Natural fineness, the instinct for what is elegant, suppleness of wit, are the sole hierarchy and make from women of the people the equals of the very greatest ladies. LIBRARY OF THE WORLD'S BEST MYSTERY AND DETECTIVE STORIES

The following book is a collection of mystery-themed short-stories, chosen by the editor, ulian Hawthorne. A total of nineteen stories can be found inside, and featured authors and their works include the following: Honore de Balzac ('Melmoth Reconciled, 'The Conscript'), Luigi Capuana ('The Deposition'), and Pliny, the Younger ('Letter to Sura').