Introduction 1
THE TALES AND THE PERSONS 19
The Book of the Grotesque 21
HANDS - concerning Wing Biddlebaum 27
PAPER PILLS - concerning Doctor Reefy 35
MOTHER - concerning Elizabeth Willard 39
THE PHILOSOPHER - concerning Doctor Parcival 49
NOBODY KNOWS - concerning Louise Trunnion 58
GODLINESS，a Tale in Four Parts 63
Ⅰ - concerning Jesse Bentley 63
Ⅱ - also concerning Jesse Bentley 74
Ⅲ Surrender - concerning Louise Bentley 87
Ⅳ Terror - concerning David Hardy 97
A MAN OF IDEAS - concerning Joe Welling 103
ADVENTURE - concerning Alice Hindman 112
RESPECTABILITY - concerning Wash Williams 121
THE THINKER - concerning Seth Richmond 128
TANDY - concerning Tandy Hard 143
THE STRENGTH OF GOD - concerning the Reverend Curtis Hartman 147
THE TEACHER - concerning Kate Swift 157
LONELINESS - concerning Enoch Robinson 167
AN AWAKENING - concerning Belle Carpenter 179
＂QUEER＂- concerning Elmer Cowley 190
THE UNTOLD LIE - concerning Ray Pearson 202
DRINK - concerning Tom Foster 210
DEATH - concerning Doctor Reefy and Elizabeth Willard 220
SOPHISTICATION - concerning Helen White 233
DEPARTURE - concerning George Willard 244