A sword-for-hire quests to defeat an evil Necromancer. A young girl discovers that music has a magic of its own. An FBI interrogator discovers a chilling conspiracy. A shipwreck unleashes a supernatural monster onto the inhabitants of a tropical island. A washed-up electrician battles a monster from beyond our universe. Tales of Adventure #2 is a collection of five science fiction and fantasy novelettes and novellas: The Necromancer’s Lair, A Note Of Magic, Facilitated Interrogation, The Beast And The God-Woman, and What Lurks Between.

Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.

58th-77th reports, 1893-1912, contain Catalogues of publications in the New York point system, including musical works.