CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

LESLIE S. KLINGER

THE ADVOCATE’S WEDDING DAY

CATHERINE CROWE

THE SQUIRE’S STORY

ELIZABETH CLEGHORN GASKELL

TRACES OF CRIME

MARY FORTUNE

MR. FURBUSH

HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD

MRS. TODHETLEY’S EARRINGS

ELLEN WOOD

CATCHING A BURGLAR

ELIZABETH CORBETT

THE GHOST OF FOUNTAIN LANE

C. L. PIRKIS

THE STATEMENT OF JARED JOHNSON

GERALDINE BONNER

POINT IN MORALS

ELLEN GLASGOW

THE BLOOD-RED CROSS

L. T. MEADE AND ROBERT EUSTACE

THE REGENT’S PARK MURDER

BARONESS ORCZY

THE CASE OF THE REGISTERED LETTER

AUGUSTA GRONER

THE WINNING SEQUENCE

M. E. BRADDON

MISSING: PAGE THIRTEEN

ANNA KATHARINE GREEN

THE ADVENTURE OF THE CLOTHES-LINE

CAROLYN WELLS

JURY OF HER PEERS

SUSAN GLASPELL

BIBLIOGRAPHY

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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