Note: 26 abridged works by 20 writers, BORROW to DANA • One editorial paragraph precedes each abridgment. • Most abridgments contain numbered headings such as "IV.--Alice at the Mad Tea Party". • Many of the original works were novels, some in languages other than English. • No abridgment, translation, or editorial paragraph is credited. The contents list ends, "A Complete Index of THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKS will be found at the end of Volume XX." That notice and the alphabetical span of writer surnames suggests this is "Fiction, Vol. II" rather than the reverse. There is a general "Introduction" to the series, uncredited and unsigned, at the beginning of Vol I (see). This volume contains no preliminary essay.