Introduction -- The Innocence of Father Brown: The blue cross -- The secret garden -- The queer feet -- The flying stars -- The invisible man -- The honour of Israel Gow -- The wrong shape -- The sins of Prince Saradine -- The hammer of God -- The eye of Apollo -- The sign of the broken sword -- The three tools of death. -- The Wisdom of Father Brown: The absence of Mr. Glass -- The paradise of thieves -- The duel of Dr. Hirsch -- The man in the passage -- The mistake of the machine -- The head of Caesar -- The purple wig -- The perishing of the Pendragons -- The God of the gongs -- The salad of Colonel Cray -- The strange crime of John Boulnois -- The fairy tale of Father Brown.