Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Daniel Stashower -- Tales: Unparalleled adventure of one Hans Pfaall -- Balloon-hoax -- Mesmeric revelation -- Ms. found in a bottle -- Descent into the maelström -- Von Kempelen and his discovery -- Gold-bug -- Facts in the case of M. Valdemar -- Thousand-and-second tale of Scheherazade -- Murders in the Rue Morgue -- Mystery of Marie Rogêt -- Fall of the House of Usher -- Purloined letter -- Tell-tale heart -- Black cat -- Imp of the perverse -- Island of the fay -- Cask of amontillado -- Pit and the pendulum -- Oval portrait -- Masque of the red death -- Assignation -- System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether -- Mystification -- How to write a Blackwood article -- Predicament -- Literary life of Thingum Bob, esq. -- Diddling -- X-ing a paragrab -- Angel of the odd -- Loss of breath -- Business man -- Mellonta tauta -- Man that was used up -- Maelzel's chess-player -- Power of words -- Conversation of Eiros and Charmion -- Colloquy of Monos and Una -- Silence -- a fable -- Shadow -- a parable -- Tale of Jerusalem -- Philosophy of furniture -- Sphinx -- Man of the crowd -- "Thou art the man" -- Hop-frog -- Never bet the Devil your head -- Four beasts in one -- Why the little Frenchman wears his hand in a sling -- Some words with a mummy -- Bon-bon -- Magazine writing -- Peter Snook -- Review of Stephens' "Arabia Petræa -- Quacks of Helicon -- a satire -- Astoria -- Domain of Arnheim -- Landor's cottage -- William Wilson -- Ligeia -- Berenice -- Morella -- Eleonora -- Metzengerstein -- Tale of the Ragged Mountains -- Oblong box -- Duc de L'Omelette -- Spectacles -- King Pest -- Three Sundays in a week -- Devil in the belfry -- Lionizing -- Narrative of A. Gordon Pym -- Poems: Raven -- Lenore -- Valentine -- Hymn -- Coliseum -- To -- -- Ulalume -- To Helen -- Enigma -- Annabel Lee -- To one in paradise -- Bells -- To my mother -- Haunted palace -- Conqueror worm -- To F-s S. O-d -- Valley of unrest -- City in the sea -- Sleeper -- Dream within a dream -- Silence -- Dream-land -- Eulalie -- To Zante -- Bridal ballad -- To F -- -- Eldorado -- Israfel -- To -- -- For Annie -- Scenes from "Politian" -- Sonnet to science -- Aaraaf -- To the river -- -- Tamerlane -- To -- -- Dream -- Lake -- to -- -- To M. L. S. -- -- Spirits of the dead -- To Helen -- Dreams -- Evening star -- Alone -- Pæan -- Fairy-land -- Romance -- "Stanzas" -- Index of first lines -- Reviews and notices -- The life and times of Edgar Allan Poe -- Suggested reading and sources.