Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-166)
The mandrake Venus / George Egerton -- A white night / Charlotte Mew -- The city of blood / Anna Kingsford -- Dream life and real life / Olive Schreiner -- An engagement / Ella D'Arcy -- The hour of her life / Mabel E. Wotton -- "The world's slow stain" / Ella Hepworth Dixon -- The quicksand / Edith Wharton -- The man in the scented coat / Sarah Grand -- A cowl in Cracow / Menie Muriel Dowie -- The yellow wall-paper / Charlotte Perkins Gilman -- The yellow drawing-room / Mona Caird -- The revolt of "Mother" / Mary E. Wilkins -- The storm / Kate Chopin -- Bro'r Abr'm Jimson's wedding / Pauline E. Hopkins -- The game that wasn't cricket / Evelyn Sharp -- A bird on its journey / Beatrice Harraden