Prologue, by L. G. Blochman.--The man who wouldn't be bored, by S. Greene and W. Hard, Jr.--Where did the sailor die? By R. N. Hill.--Fall of the House of Hayden, by L. A. Lamoreux.--The deep frozen folk of Farmer Morse, by W. S. Griswold.--The sad fate of John O'Neil, by G. G. Connelly.--The vampire's heart, by R. Stephens.--Money, injustice & Bristol Bill, by S. Greene.--Eighteen-hundred-and-froze-to-death, by S. L. Vigilante.--The Boorn mystery, by R. S. Allen.--The strange wedding of the Widow Ward, by N. C. Stevenson and M. Hoyt.--The money diggers, by S. Green.--Odd men out, by L. C. Moore.--Case of the rejected hero, by A. H. Blackington.--Epilogue, by C. T. Morrisey.--The writers.--Further notes (p. 167-174)