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Mystery!: A Treasury for Younger Readers

Seon Manley & Gogo Lewis

First published 1963
Publisher Funk & Wagnalls
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Cover art Martha Alexander
Pages xii+244
Price $4.95

Editors' names not on title page, but on cover, front flap of dust jacket, and copyright page. The copyright is assigned to both of the editors in 1963. Price is printed on front flap of dust jacket. Also jacket painting is credited on front flap. The table of contents appears on pages ix-xi. Page xii is a blank page. There is a short introduction for each story and the two poem sections on separate pages. A poem section on pages 55-72 is titled Witches, Fairies and Strange Folk. Shakespeare's poems are not marked with the author's name, but the introduction names him. A second poem section on pages 119-122 is titled Charms and Spells. Appending About the Contributors on pages 239-244. About the Editors on back flap of dust jacket.

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Page Title Author(s) Type
1 The Murder of George Washington Richard M. Gordon Short Story
9 The Night the Ghost Got In James Thurber Short Story
19 Wally the Watchful Eye Paul W. Fairman Short Story
31 The Mystery of the Raymond Mortgage F. Scott Fitzgerald Short Story
43 A School Story M. R. James Short Story
55 The World of Shakespeare's Witches William Shakespeare Poem
57 The World of Shakespeare's Fairies: The Fairies' Lullaby William Shakespeare Poem
58 Ye Elves William Shakespeare Poem
59 Ariel's Song William Shakespeare Poem
60 The Raven Edgar Allan Poe Poem
66 The Deserted House Mary Coleridge Poem
68 The Moon-Child Fiona MacLeod Poem
69 From: The Lady of Shalott Alfred, Lord Tennyson Poem
71 Farewell to the Fairies Richard Corbet Poem
72 The Witches Anonymous Poem
75 Blow Up with the Brig! Wilkie Collins Short Story
93 The Mysterious Man on the Moor Charles Dickens Short Fiction
119 A Charm to Prevent Snake-Bite uncredited Poem
120 A House Blessing William Cartwright Poem
121 A Moon Spell uncredited Poem
122 A Spell to Obtain a Good Apple Harvest uncredited Poem
125 Seeking the Buried Treasure Mark Twain Short Story
135 Robbie Isaak Asimov Short Story
163 The Adventure of the Three Students Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Short Story
187 The Canterville Ghost Oscar Wilde Novelette
225 The Ultimate Clue Anthony Boucher Short Story
231 Your World of Mystery Seon Manley & Gogo Lewis Essay
119|119.2 A Charm Robert Herrick Poem
120|120.2 Some Useful Charms uncredited Poem
121|121.2 A Spell to Obtain Good Butter uncredited Poem
121|121.3 A Spell to Protect Horses uncredited Poem
122|122.2 A Spell of Invisibility Christopher Marlowe Poem
58|58.2 Dance and Play in the Fairy World William Shakespeare Poem
59|59.2 The Wanderer William Shakespeare Poem
66|66.2 La Belle Dame Sans Merci John Keats Poem
vii Preface (Mystery!: A Treasury for Younger Readers) S. M. & G. L. (I) Essay