Joseph Lewis French

Contains: When the world was young, by J. London. The return, by A. Blackwood. The second generation, by A. Blackwood. Joseph: a story, by Katherine Bickford. The clavecin, Bruges, by G. W. Edwards. Ligeia, by E. A. Poe. The sylph and the father, by Elsa Barker. A ghost, by L. Hearn. [Eyes of the Panther]( by A. Bierce. Photographing invisible beings, by W. T. Stead. The sin-eater, by Fiona Macleod. Ghosts in solid form, by G. Bolton. The phantom armies seen in France, by H. Carrington. The portal of the unknown, by A. J. Davis. The supernormal: experiences, by St. J. D. Seymour. Nature-spirits, or elementals, by Nizida. A witches' den, by Helena Blavatsky. Some remarkable experiences of famous persons, by W. F. Prince.

Short biographies of famous American adventurers.

[The Purloined Letter]( / Edgar Allan Poe The Black Hand / Arthur B. Reeve The Biter Bit / Wilkie Collins Missing: Page Thirteen / Anna Katherine Green [A Scandal in Bohemia]( / A. Conan Doyle The Rope of Fear / Mary E. and Thomas W. Hanshew The Safety Match / Anton Chekhov Some Scotland Yard Stories, from "Criminals and Crime" / Sir Robert Anderson.

A collection of short articles, most previously published in newspapers and magazines, about aviation in the 1920's and before. Lindbergh, Zeppelins, Polar Explorers, World War One Aces, the Wright Brothers, and lots more. Something to delight any kid with red blood in his veins, as well as girls who are not put off by the word "Boys" in the title.