CHAPTER III. INGENIOUS-ASTONISHING GROUP 128-254

I. TALE OF MERE WONDER--Definition--Collections of wonder stories, ancient and modern--Suggestions for writing--Characteristic elements--Mediæval tales of chivalry--Heroic romances--Examples 128

II. IMAGINARY VOYAGE WITH A SATIRIC OR INSTRUCTIVE PURPOSE--Distinguishing elements--Source of the type--Famous imaginary voyages--Suggestions on how to write a satiric imaginary voyage--Examples 150

III. TALE OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY AND OF MECHANICAL INVENTION--Relation to imaginary voyages--Essential elements--Kind of stories included in this type--Suggestions on how to write the type--Examples 194

IV. THE DETECTIVE STORY AND OTHER TALES OF PURE PLOT--The detective story: connection with stories of ingenuity--Poe and Doyle--Other stories of plot--Romance--A few suggestions--Examples 225