Note: 25 abridged works by 16 writers, ABOUT to BOCCACCIO • One editorial paragraph precedes each abridgment. • Most abridgments contain numbered headings such as "IV.--Alice at the Mad Tea Party" (from Vol. II). • 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 that this is "Fiction, Vol. II" rather than the reverse. This volume begins with a general "Introduction" to the series, uncredited and unsigned. There is no preliminary essay in Vol. II (see).