Edited and with an introduction by Everett F. Bleiler.
- This Dover edition, first published in 1979. [This Publication Record].
- No printing number line in book.
- Copyright 1979 by E. F. Bleiler.
- "Detailed bibliographic information is contained in the introduction written especially for this Dover edition by E. F. Bleiler." From copyright page.
- Cover photograph by Lida Moser.
- Edited and with an introduction by Everett F. Bleiler.
- "Selected and Introduced by E. F. Bleiler" from the title page and front cover.
- Selecting A Ghost (London Society,1883) also known as The Secret of Goresthorpe Grange from the introduction material by E. F. Bleiler.
- The Literary Mosaic (The Boy's Own Paper, 1886) also known as Cyprian Overbeck Wells from the introduction material.
- The Captain of The Polestar: Being an Extract From The Singular Journal of John M'Allister Ray, Student of Medicine is from "The Captain of the Polestar (Being an Extract from the Singular Journal of John M'Allister Ray, Student of Medicien)" on story title page and therefore a variant title of The Captain of The Polestar
