Author: Joseph Lewis French
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Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 278

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Author: Joseph Lewis French
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387148389
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 154

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Edited by Joseph Lewis French, this collection of 9 riddle stories includes ""The Mysterious Card"" and its sequel by Cleveland Moffett, ""The Oblong Box"" by Poe, ""A Terribly Strange Bed"" by Wilkie Collins, ""The Lost Room"" by Fitz-James O'Brien and others selected as masterful examples of the genre by the editor. He says in the forward: ""A distinguished American writer of fiction said to me lately: 'Did you ever think of the vital American way we live? We are always going after mental gymnastics.' Now the mystery story is mental gymnastics. ... The stories of this collection cover a wide range and are the choice of reading in several literatures."" Joseph Lewis French (1858-1936) was a novelist, editor, poet and newspaper man. The New York Times noted in 1925 that he may be ""the most industrious anthologist of his time."" He is known for his popular themed collections, and published over twenty-five books between 1918 and his death in 1936.

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Languages : en
Pages : 258

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Author: Joseph Lewis French
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Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 296

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Author: Joseph Lewis French
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Languages : en
Pages : 212

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In 1920, Joseph Lewis French gathered together some tales that he called 'riddle stories'. In the preface it identifies a riddle story as "the most naive form of the mystery story.

Author: Joseph Lewis French
Publisher: Independently Published
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Languages : en
Pages : 188

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According to Uncertain Endings: The World's Greatest Unsolved Mystery Stories by Otto Penzler (Penguin Books, 2006), this 2-part story is one of the two most famous riddle stories of all time, the other being "The Lady, or the Tiger?" by Frank R. Stockton. The Mysterious Card stories were published in a magazine called The Black Cat, the first part in 1895 and the conclusion in 1896. The magazine publisher in 1912 put the two parts together in one volume, with the second part sealed, and offered a refund to purchasers if they could return the book with the seal still unbroken. We don't know if anyone actually returned the book without reading the second part. The two parts are available as individual eBooks in the public-domain collection at Feedbooks.com, along with a biographical sketch of the author, Cleveland Moffett. Stanley M. Sokolow, volunteer contributor of this eBook to Feedbooks, March 2013.

Author: Joseph Lewis French
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Languages : en
Pages : 128

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According to Uncertain Endings: The World's Greatest Unsolved Mystery Stories by Otto Penzler, this 2-part story is one of the two most famous riddle stories of all time, the other being "The Lady, or the Tiger?" by Frank R. Stockton. The Mysterious Card stories were published in a magazine called The Black Cat, the first part in 1895 and the conclusion in 1896. The magazine publisher in 1912 put the two parts together in one volume, with the second part sealed, and offered a refund to purchasers if they could return the book with the seal still unbroken. We don't know if anyone actually returned the book without reading the second part.

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ISBN: 9780461470161
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300

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Author: Joseph Lewis French
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781542520348
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Languages : en
Pages : 174

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Edited by Joseph Lewis French, this collection of 9 riddle stories includes "The Mysterious Card" and its sequel by Cleveland Moffett, "The Oblong Box" by Poe, "A Terribly Strange Bed" by Wilkie Collins, "The Lost Room" by Fitz-James O'Brien and others selected as masterful examples of the genre by the editor. He says in the forward: "A distinguished American writer of fiction said to me lately: 'Did you ever think of the vital American way we live? We are always going after mental gymnastics.' Now the mystery story is mental gymnastics. ... The stories of this collection cover a wide range and are the choice of reading in several literatures." Joseph Lewis French (1858-1936) was a prolific writer and anthologist known for his popular themed collections, such as Masterpieces of Mystery (1921, 4 vols.) and Great Pirate Stories (1922). French led an active literary life: early in his career he founded two magazines, The New West (circa 1887) and The Wave (circa 1890). He then went on to work for newspapers across the country and contribute articles and poetry to periodicals. However, despite publishing over twenty-five books between 1918 and his death in 1936, French struggled financially. Desperate for work in 1927, French was urged by the tabloid daily New York Graphic to write an article on his life's story, which the scandal sheet's editors titled "I'm Starving--Yet I'm in Who's Who as the Author of 27 Famous Books."

Author: Joseph Lewis French
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781333060503
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278

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Excerpt from Masterpieces of Mystery: Mystic-Humorous Stories All rights reserved, including that OF translation into foreign languages, including the scandinavianassistance in granting the use of original material, and for helpful advice and suggestion, to Professor Brander Matthew's of Columbia University, to Mrs. Anna Katherine Green Rohlfs, to Cleveland Mofiett, to Arthur Reeve, creator of Craig Kennedy, to Wilbur Daniel Steele, to Ralph Adams Cram, to Chester Bailey Femald, to Brian Brown, to Mrs. Dllian M. Robins gf the publisher's cihoe, and to Charles E. Fanhgton of the Brooklyn Public. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.