Introduction by JeffreyMeyersTHE TALES AND THE PERSONS　The Book of the Grotesque　HANDS--concerning Wing Biddlebaum　PAPER PILLS--concerning Doctor Reefy　MOTHER--concerning Elizabeth Willard　THE PHILOSOPHER--conceming Doctor Parcival　NOBODY KNows--concerning Louise Trunnion　GODLINESS，a Tale in Four Parts Ⅰ--concerning Jesse Bentley　　Ⅱ—also concerning Jesse Bentley　　Ⅲ Surrender--concerning Louise Bentley　　Ⅳ Terror--concerning David Hardy　A MAN OF IDEAS--concerning Joe Welling　ADVENTURE--concerning Alice Hindman RESPECTABILITY--concerning Wash Williams THE THINKER--concerning Seth Richmond TANDY--concerning Tandy Hard THE STRENGTH OF GOD--concerning the Reverend Curtis Hartman　THE TEACHER--concerning Kate Swift　LONELINESS--concerning Enoch Robinson　AN AWAKENING--concerning Belle Carpenter　“QUEER”--concerning Elmer Cowley　THE UNTOLD LIE--concerning Ray Pearson　DRINK--concerning Tom Foster　DEATH--concerning Doctor Reefy and Elizabeth Willard　SOPHISTICATION--concerning Helen White　DEPARTURE--concerning George Willard