These are the stories contained in this collection showing the periodicals in which they were first published.
- "The Crystal Egg" (short story, The New Review, May 1897)
- "The Star" (short story, The Graphic, December 1897)
- "A Story of the Stone Age" (novella, The Idler, May–September 1897) comprising:
- "Ugh-Lomi and Uya"
- "The Cave Bear"
- "The First Horseman"
- "Uya the Lion"
- "The Fight in the Lion’s Thicket"
- "A Story of the Days to Come" (novella, The Pall Mall Magazine, June–October 1899) comprising:
- "The Cure for Love"
- "The Vacant Country"
- "The Ways of the City"
- "Underneath"
- "Bindon Intervenes"
- "The Man Who Could Work Miracles" (short story, Illustrated London News, July 1898)