Tales of the Wonder Club

The Wonder Club is a small clique of brotherhood which assembles some of the most eminent men who meet in a rather esteemed pub known as the "Headless Lady." The chief delight of this club was to tell or to listen to stories which were all more or less of the marvelous class, and which each took it by turn to relate to the rest. These are their stories:Volume I:The Phantom Flea—The Lawyer's StoryThe Spirit Lovers—The Doctor's StoryContaining Mr. Parnassus's Poem, The Glacier KingThe Mermaid Palace; or, Captain Toughyarn's DreamThe Headless Lady—The Artist's First StoryThe Demon Guide; or, the Gnome of the Mountain—The Geologist's StoryThe Pigmy Queen; A Fairy Tale—The Landlord's Daughter's StoryThe Haunted Stage Box—The Tragedian's StoryThe Spirit Leg—The Analytical Chemist's StoryAn InterludeLost in the Catacombs—The Antiquary's StoryVolume II:Buried Alive—The Landlord's StoryDer Scharfrichter—The Artist's Second StoryThe Three Pauls—The Artist's Third StoryThe Waxen Image—The Hostess's StoryIn which occurs Mr. Parnassus' Ballad—The Chieftain's DestinyA Tale of the French Revolution—The Barber's StoryVolume III:The Gipsy Queen—Mr. Blackdeed's New Play