An enthralling collection of strange stories where characters are challenged to do something completely out of the ordinary.

• The Earl, the Warder and the Wayward Heiress by J. S. Fletcher
• The Giraffe Problem by Barry Pain
• The Man who Stole a Meeting House by John Townsend Trowbridge
• The Box Tunnel by Charles Reade
• A Lucky Number by S. B. Hale
• The Brown Wallet by Stacy Aumonier
• The Bet by Anton Chekhov
• Juxtapositions by Stacy Aumonier
• Zodomirsky's Duel by Alexandre Dumas
• Twenty-Six Men and a Girl by Maxim Gorky
• Mons. Casscruche's Inspiration by George Walter Thornbury
• The 19 Club by A. J. Alan
• The Changeling by W. W. Jacobs
• The Belated Russian Passport by Mark Twain
• The Pistol Shot by Alexander Pushkin
• Where was Wych Street by Stacy Aumonier
• The Judgement of Paris by Leonard Merrick
• The Black Poodle by F. Anstey
• A Desperate Adventure by Max Adeler
• One Thousand Dollars by O. Henry
• A Rash Experiment by W. W. Jacobs