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 Story
The Spirit Lovers—The Doctor's Story
Containing Mr. Parnassus's Poem, The Glacier King
The Mermaid Palace; or, Captain Toughyarn's Dream
The Headless Lady—The Artist's First Story
The Demon Guide; or, the Gnome of the Mountain—The Geologist's Story
The Pigmy Queen; A Fairy Tale—The Landlord's Daughter's Story
The Haunted Stage Box—The Tragedian's Story
The Spirit Leg—The Analytical Chemist's Story
An Interlude
Lost in the Catacombs—The Antiquary's Story
Volume II:
Buried Alive—The Landlord's Story
Der Scharfrichter—The Artist's Second Story
The Three Pauls—The Artist's Third Story
The Waxen Image—The Hostess's Story
In which occurs Mr. Parnassus' Ballad—The Chieftain's Destiny
A Tale of the French Revolution—The Barber's Story
Volume III:
The Gipsy Queen—Mr. Blackdeed's New Play