CONTENTS

PREFACE

I. — Maddened by Mystery: or, The Defective Detective

II. — "Q." A Psychic Pstory of the Psupernatural

III. — Guido the Gimlet of Ghent: A Romance of Chivalry

IV. — Gertrude the Governess: or, Simple Seventeen

V. — A Hero in Homespun: or, The Life Struggle of Hezekiah Hayloft

VII. — Hannah of the Highlands: or, The Laird of Loch Aucherlocherty

VIII. — Soaked in Seaweed: or, Upset in the Ocean (An Old-fashioned Sea Story.)

IX. — Caroline's Christmas: or, The Inexplicable Infant

X. — The Man in Asbestos: An Allegory of the Future