Tales Before Midnight
| First published | 1939 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Farrar & Rinehart |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Collection |
| Pages | 274 |
| Price | $2.50 |
- Title page: Tales Before Midnight / by / Stephen Vincent Benét / Farrar & Rinehart, Inc. / New York Toronto
- The three right-hand pages following the title page are respectively an epigraph from The Noctivigations of John Cleveland Cotton; a dedication to Carl Brandt; and the table of contents.
- Divided into four sections headed I, II, III, IV, containing respectively one, five, five, and one stories.
- Verified from a copy with no printing number or printing date. Copyright date 1939. No dustjacket.
| Year | Reviewer | Publication |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | Donald A. Wollheim | Super Science Stories, July 1940 |
| 1983 | Everett F. Bleiler | The Guide to Supernatural Fiction |
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Into Egypt | Stephen Vincent Benét | Short Story |
| 21 | Johnny Pye and the Fool-Killer | Stephen Vincent Benét | Novelette |
| 51 | O'Halloran's Luck | Stephen Vincent Benét | Short Story |
| 74 | Jacob and the Indians | Stephen Vincent Benét | Short Story |
| 95 | The Die-Hard | Stephen Vincent Benét | Short Story |
| 119 | Doc Mellhorn and the Pearly Gates | Stephen Vincent Benét | Short Story |
| 149 | The Story About the Anteater | Stephen Vincent Benét | Short Story |
| 168 | A Life at Angelo's | Stephen Vincent Benét | Short Story |
| 186 | Too Early Spring | Stephen Vincent Benét | Short Story |
| 205 | Schooner Fairchild's Class | Stephen Vincent Benét | Short Story |
| 228 | Among Those Present | Stephen Vincent Benét | Short Story |
| 253 | The Last of the Legions | Stephen Vincent Benét | Short Story |