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• 3 • The Triumph of Death • short story by H. Russell Wakefield
• 17 • Calenture • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 19 • Footnote to Dunne • short story by Anthony Boucher
• 25 • Holiday • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 28 • Pour Chercher du Nouveau • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 30 • Journey to the World Underground (Part 2 of 2) • serial by Ludvig Holberg (trans. of Nicolai Klimii iter subterraneum 1741) [as by Lewis Holberg]
• 80 • The Death of Lovers • poem by Charles Baudelaire (trans. of La mort des amants 1857) [as by Baudelaire]
• 80 • Escape • poem by Thomas H. Carter
• 81 • Sidney Sime of Worplesdon • essay by Martin Gardner
• 87 • Nightmare • (1789) • poem by Erasmus Darwin
• 88 • The Song of the Pewee • short story by August Derleth [as by Stephen Grendon]
• 93 • A Little Anthology (The Arkham Sampler, Autumn 1949) • essay by Malcolm M. Ferguson [as by Malcolm Ferguson]
• 97 • Abracadabra • essay by Leah Bodine Drake
• 99 • The Rape of Things to Come • essay by Robert Bloch
• 99 •   Review: Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell • review by Robert Bloch
• 104 • Perhaps the Future • essay by John Haley
• 104 •   Review: The Conquest of Space by Willy Ley • review by John Haley
• 105 • Nelson Bond's New Stories • essay by August Derleth
• 105 •   Review: The Thirty-First of February by Nelson Bond • review by August Derleth
• 106 • Anthropology and Fiction • essay by Everett F. Bleiler
• 106 •   Review: Watch the North Wind Rise by Robert Graves • review by Everett F. Bleiler
• 108 • A Contrasting Duo • essay by Fritz Leiber [as by Fritz Leiber, Jr.]
• 108 •   Review: The World Below by S. Fowler Wright • review by Fritz Leiber [as by Fritz Leiber, Jr.]
• 108 •   Review: The Kid from Mars by Oscar J. Friend • review by Fritz Leiber [as by Fritz Leiber, Jr.]
• 110 • A Selected Shelf of Fantasy • essay by August Derleth
• 110 •   Review: The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1949 by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty • review by August Derleth
• 110 •   Review: The Big Eye by Max Ehrlich • review by August Derleth
• 110 •   Review: The Dowry by Maggy Gould • review by August Derleth
• 110 •   Review: Many Dimensions by Charles Williams • review by August Derleth
• 110 •   Review: War in Heaven by Charles Williams • review by August Derleth
• 113 • Two Views of the Future • essay by Frank Belknap Long
• 113 •   Review: The Humanoids by Jack Williamson • review by Frank Belknap Long
• 113 •   Review: Lords of Creation by Eando Binder • review by Frank Belknap Long
• 114 • Short Notices (The Arkham Sampler, Autumn 1949) • [Short Notices] • essay by uncredited
• 114 •   Review: The Devil in Massachusetts by Marion L. Starkey • review by uncredited
• 114 •   Review: Atlantis: The Antediluvian World by Ignatius Donnelly • review by uncredited
• 115 •   Review: Adventures in the Supernormal by Eileen J. Garrett • review by uncredited
• 115 •   Review: There Is a Psychic World by Horace Westwood • review by uncredited
• 115 •   Review: Arthur Machen: Weaver of Fantasy by William Francis Gekle • review by uncredited
• 116 •   Review: Honey for the Ghost by Louis Golding • review by uncredited
• 116 •   Review: John Carstairs: Space Detective by Frank Belknap Long • review by uncredited
• 116 •   Review: The Creaking Stair by Elizabeth Coatsworth • review by uncredited
• 117 •   Review: Earth Abides by George R. Stewart • review by uncredited
• 117 •   Review: The Homunculus by David H. Keller • review by uncredited
• 117 •   Review: The Last Space Ship by Murray Leinster • review by uncredited
• 118 •   Review: An Experiment With Time by John William Dunne • review by uncredited
• 118 •   Review: The Incredible Planet by John W. Campbell, Jr. • review by uncredited
• 118 •   Review: The Star Kings by Edmond Hamilton • review by uncredited
• 118 •   Review: The Fox Woman and Other Stories by A. Merritt • review by uncredited
• 120 • Editorial Commentary (The Arkham Sampler, Autumn 1949) • [Editorial Commentary] • essay by uncredited
• 124 • Index (The Arkham Sampler) • essay by uncredited