Most of the stories in this collection appeared originally in the Pall Mall Budget, two were published in the Pall Mall Gazette, and one in St James's Gazette. I desire to make the usual acknowledgments. The third story in the book was, I find, reprinted by the Observatory, and the "Lord of the Dynamos" by the Melbourne Leader.

• The Stolen Bacillus
• The Flowering of the Strange Orchid
• In the Avu Observatory
• The Triumphs of a Taxidermist
• A Deal in Ostriches
• Through a Window
• The Temptation of Harringay
• The Flying Man
• The Diamond Maker
• Æpyornis Island
• The Remarkable Case of Davidson’s Eyes
• The Lord of the Dynamos
• The Hammerpond Park Burglary
• A Moth – Genus Novo
• The Treasure in the Forest