02800cam a22003373u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000370011324500600015026400510021030000470026133600260030833700260033433800360036050000310039650503610042750802180078852012810100653400450228765300180233265300340235065300180238485600430240299900170244529704UtSlPG20260610133657.0mcr n260607r2009||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPN1 aFrench, Joseph Lewis,d1858-193610aMasterpieces of Mystery in Four Volumes: Riddle Stories 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2009  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2009-08-150 aThe Mysterious Card / Cleveland Moffett
The Great Valdez Sapphire / Anonymous
The Oblong Box / Edgar Allan Poe
The Birth Mark / Nathaniel Hawthorne
A Terribly Strange Bed / Wilkie Collins
The Torture by Hope / Villiers de l'Isle Adam
The Box with the Iron Clamps / Florence Marryat
My Fascinating Friend / William Archer
The Lost Room / Fitz-James O'Brien.  aProduced by David Clarke, Mary Meehan and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This
file was produced from images generously made available
by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)  a"Masterpieces of Mystery in Four Volumes: Riddle Stories" by Joseph Lewis French is a collection of mystery short stories edited in the early 20th century. This compilation aims to showcase the art of the riddle story, a subgenre intertwining elements of mystery and human psychology, while allowing readers to engage their intellect. The stories included represent a broad palette of authors and styles, hinting at a rich exploration of the people and situations that create mysterious conundrums.  The opening portion introduces the first story, "The Mysterious Card" by Cleveland Moffett, which follows Richard Burwell, an American in Paris who receives a mysterious card from an enigmatic woman. His attempt to understand the card's cryptic message leads him into a whirlwind of strange occurrences, including evictions from hotels and a mysterious detention by police. The narrative quickly escalates as Burwell's quest for the card's meaning impacts his personal and social life, leading to suspicion and dire consequences that unravel his former stability. As the tension of the story unfolds, the reader is drawn into a spell of intrigue revolving around miscommunication, societal norms, and the search for hidden truths. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aShort stories  aDetective and mystery stories  aGhost stories40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29704  c70552d70552