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Gaslight-Arts main page: a chronological index

Website for stories of mystery, adventure and The Weird (1800-1919),
emphasizing serial publication from newspapers and magazines.


Some antique authors here held offensive opinions, casually. The slurs and superior attitudes on display were not justified; not now — not then. But it would feel dishonest to hide their mistakes.

As you read, you will understand why different groups, throughout history, have had to make a stand for themselves.

- The Editor.


Newest pages:

Added 2026-mar-12

"The coming subjection of man" (1889) by Elizabeth Bisland (1861-1929)

"An eighty days' trip" (1873) by anonymous

"Exploits of a Forger" (1879) by anonymous

"Raising the devil" (1922) by Cecil Maitland (c1892-1926)

"The soul of a mummy" (1908) by Blanche Bloor Schleppey (1861-1927)

"Three great hoaxes of the war" (1916) by Aleister Crowley (1875-1947)


 

Added 2026-mar-08

"The haunted bungalow" (1902) by George Thursby

"The spectre in the train" (1890) by Helen


 

Added 2026-mar-03

"American ghost stories" (1851) by anonymous

"The clothing of ghosts" (1902) by Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?)

"The dam" (1911) by Lt Hugh S Johnson (1882-1942)

"From the bird medium" (1853) by Cuyler W Young

"The ghost of a riding saddle" (1880) by T O Ayres

"How women are robbed : Some of the simpler methods and how they may be avoided" (1914) by William J Burns (1861-1932)

"Kipling through smoked glasses" (1925) by George A Dorsey (1868-1931)

"The missing Gainsborough : A true tale" (1899 ed) by Lux [pseud for Lucy M Jones]

"My Books" (1887) by James Williams (1851-1911)

"The mystery of Gensana" (1831) by Viator [pseud for Frederick Lokes Slous] (1802-1892)

"The mystery of seven minutes : a play" (1914) by Louis Joseph Vance (1879-1933)

"The quarter-gunner's yarn" (1899) by Henry Newbolt 1862-1938)

"Recent improvements in telegraphy" (1881) by anonymous

"The Russian detective : a true story" (1893) by "Our Vienna Correspondent"

"Young woman plays ghost in black" (1898) by anonymous


 

Added 2026-feb-27

"The Fatal Seven" (1898) by A M Judd

"Fate found in a fog : A suburban mystery" (1888) by anonymous

"A feline highwayman" (1894) by Frank L Pollock 🍁 (1876-1957)

"Female detectives" [article] (1889) by anonymous

"Finis" (1906) by Frank L Pollock 🍁 (1876-1957)

"The ghost detective" (1865) by Mark Lemon (1809-1870)

"The ghost in green; or, The mystery of Ridgeville" (1863) by anonymous

"The golden queen" (1913) by Frank L Pollock 🍁 (1876-1957)

"The honey thief" (1904) by Frank L Pollock 🍁 (1876-1957)

"The iron star" (1898) by Frank L Pollock 🍁 (1876-1957)

"An Irish Lear" [aka, The two Lears] (1876, 1877 ed) by Charles Reade (1814-1884)

"Gaslight's George T Lanigan page" 🍁 (1865~1886)


 

Added 2026-feb-24

"Another evening with the witchfinders" (1847) attributed to Henry Ferris (c1800-1848)

"Dr Bryden's discovery" (1908) by Duffield Osborne (1858-1917)

"Dr Nicholas Stone" (1904) by E Spence De Pue (aka, E Spence De Puy, 1872-1949)

"The dynamite pack-train" (1898) by Frank L Pollock 🍁 (1876-1957)

"England in Egypt" (1897) by Frank L Pollock 🍁 (1876-1957)

"An evening with the witchfinders" (1847) attributed to Henry Ferris (c1800-1848)

"A hard luck story" (1905) by anonymous

"Horror : A true tale" (1861) by anonymous

"How psycho-analysis has obsessed the world with sex" (1914) by anonymous

"How the clock corrupts modern spiritual values" (1914) by anonymous

"A legend of the dead-house" (1877) by Magnolia

"Society girls are successful sleuths" (1913) by anonymous

"A third evening with the witchfinders" (1848) attributed to Henry Ferris (c1800-1848)


 

Added 2026-feb-23

"The house of the twisted sapling" (1897) by Owen Rhos-comyl [pseud for Arthur Owen Vaughan] (1863?-1919)


 

Added 2026-feb-19

"Fugitive Slaves, no 01 : The escape of William and Ellen Craft" (1890) by Nina Moore Tiffany

"Fugitive Slaves, no 02 : Shadrach" (1890) by Nina Moore Tiffany

"Fugitive Slaves, no 03 : Sims" (1890) by Nina Moore Tiffany

"Fugitive Slaves, no 04 : Anthony Burns" (1890) by Nina Moore Tiffany


 

Added 2026-feb-18

"Seven little women" (1871) by anonymous

"A weird warning" (1895) by Ronald J McNeill

"Who was she?" (1887) by anonymous

"A word for cabby" (1859) by anonymous

"The yellow globe : A midnight story" (1893) by Alexander W Drake (1843-1916)


 

Added 2026-feb-17

"Arion" [zu deutsch] (c.1815, 1883 ed) by August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767-1845)

"Arion" [in English] (1878) translated by Ichabod Slipshod

"Bald heads as railroad signals" (1904) by anonymous

"The bird from Cape Horn" (1899) by Frank Lillie Pollock 🍁 (1876-1957)

"The biter bitten; or, Christmas-eve in a lunatic asylum" (1887) by anonymous

"Canadian Writers in New York" (1899) by Frank Lillie Pollock 🍁 (1876-1957)

"Captain Arthur Ashwell's confession" (1888) by Conway Cregan

"Cleopatra's asp" (1886) by anonymous

"Cuba in war time" (1896) by Frank Lillie Pollock 🍁 (1876-1957)

"A dead man's diary" (1890) by Coulson Kernahan (1858-1943)

"The desperado" (1909) by George W Kerby (1860-1944)

"Diana Marburg, #01: The dead hand" (1902) by L T Meade (1844-1914) & "Robert Eustace" [Eustace Robert Barton, 1854-1943]

"Diana Marburg, #02: Finger-tips" (1902) by L T Meade (1844-1914) & "Robert Eustace" [Eustace Robert Barton, 1854-1943]

"Diana Marburg, #03: Sir Penn Carlyll's engagement " (1902) by L T Meade (1844-1914) & "Robert Eustace" [Eustace Robert Barton, 1854-1943]

"The golden gospel of ugliness : A jeremiad on jewellers" (1893) by H G Wells (1866-1946)


 

Added 2026-feb-14

Three about carnelian stones:

"The suspicious jackdaw" (1866 ed) by Jean Ingelow (1820-1897)

"An inexplicable fancy" [aka, The Cornelian Cross] (1872) by anonymous

"The cornelian necklace" (1895) by Ada M Trotter


other romances:

"A fascinating ghost" (1881) by Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924)

"The locked door" (1909) by Agnes Grozier Herbertson (1873-1958)


 
 

Added 2026-feb-10

"Achmet's ride" (1898) by Frank Lillie Pollock 🍁 (1876-1957)

"Amelia B Edwards" (1890) by Sallie Joy White

"Fiery and pernicious literature : How it affects the young idea" (1892) by anonymous

"The mystery of a four-wheeled cab" (1901) by Jerome Caminada (c1845-1914)

"Three-cent dreadfuls : A great library of strong and vivid literature for boys" (1889) by anonymous

 

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