This volume reprints three short works by George Thompson, one of antebellum America's most successful authors of sensational fiction. There are two novels, ""Venus in Boston"" and ""City Crimes"", which depict the American city as a place of dark mystery, along with Thompson's autobiography.

Volume editor: David S. Reynolds, Kimberly R. Gladman
Introduction by: David S. Reynolds, Kimberly R. Gladman