From the Artic to Egypt to Australia, Doyle tells thrilling tales of crime, suspense, mysterious secrets, and humor. Included are: The Captain of The Polestar (a captain in search of his wife's ghost); J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement (a mutinous crime tied to Africa); The Great Kleinplatz Experiment ( memorization leads to humorous results); The Man from Archangel (a misanthrope saves a Russian girl from a shipwreck but is plagued by the captain); That Little Square Box (passengers with a mysterious box cause a stir on an ocean liner); John Huxford's Hiatus; (amnesia comes between two ill-fated lovers); A Literary Mosaic (the spirits of great English writers come to the aid of a troubled writer); John Barrington Cowles (a fiendish woman taunts her suitors using amazing psychic powers); Elias B. Hopkins (a highway thief tricks residents in an Australian mining camp); The Ring of Thoth (the powerful ring has the key to join an Egyptian priest with his wife in the afterlife).