I. INTRODUCTION
II. THE DAWN OF THE HORROR TALE
III. THE EARLY GOTHIC NOVEL
IV. THE APEX OF GOTHIC ROMANCE
V. THE AFTERMATH OF GOTHIC FICTION
VI. SPECTRAL LITERATURE ON THE CONTINENT
VII. EDGAR ALLAN POE
VIII. THE WEIRD TRADITION IN AMERICA
IX. THE WEIRD TRADITION IN THE BRITISH ISLES
X. THE MODERN MASTERS