Originally published: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1975.

Rip Van Winkle -- The spectre bridegroom -- The legend of Sleepy Hollow -- The stout gentleman -- The student of Salamanca -- Annette Delarbre -- Dolph Heyliger -- Strange stories by a nervous gentleman : The great unknown (a preface) ; The hunting-dinner ; The adventure of my uncle ; The adventure of my aunt ; The bold dragoon; or the adventure of my grandfather ; Adventure of the German student ; Adventure of the mysterious picture ; Adventure of the mysterious stranger ; The story of the young Italian -- Buckthorne and his friends: Literary life ; A literary dinner ; The club of queer fellows ; The poor-devil author ; Notoriety ; A practical philosopher ; Buckthorne: or, the young man of great expectations ; Grave reflections of a disappointed man ; The booby squire ; The strolling manager -- The Italian banditti: The inn at Terracina ; Adventure of the little antiquary ; The belated travellers ; Adventure of the Popkins family ; The painter's adventure ; The story of the bandit chieftain ; The story of the young robber ; The adventure of the Englishman -- The money-diggers: Hell gate ; Kidd the pirate ; The Devil and Tom Walker ; Wolfert Webber, or golden dreams ; Adventure of the black Fisherman -- The adventure of the mason -- Legend of the Arabian astrologer -- Legend of Prince Ahmed Al Kamel -- Legend of the Moor's legacy -- Legend of the three beautiful princesses -- Legend of the rose of the Alhambra -- The governor and the notary -- Governor Manco and the soldier -- Legend of the two discreet statues -- Spanish romance -- The legend of the enchanted soldier -- Wolfert's roost -- The Creole village -- Mountjoy -- The widow's ordeal -- The grand prior of Minorca -- A contented man -- Guests from Gibbert Island -- The early experiences of Ralph Ringwood -- The Count Van Horn -- Don Juan: a spectral research -- Legend of the engulphed convent -- The phantom island.