Contents

The strange orchid -- Æpyornis Island -- The Plattner story -- The argonauts of the air -- The story of the late Mr. Elvesham -- The stolen bacillus -- The red room -- A moth (genus unknown) -- In the abyss -- Under the knife -- The reconciliation -- A slip under the microscope -- In the Avu observatory -- The triumphs of a taxidermist -- A deal in ostriches -- The Rajah's treasure -- The story of Davidson's eyes -- The cone -- The purple pileus -- A catastrophe -- Le mari terrible -- The apple -- The sad story of a dramatic critic -- The jilting of Jane -- The lost inheritance -- Pollock and the Porroh man -- The sea raiders -- In the modern vein -- The Lord of the Dynamos -- The treasure in the forest.