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Some unevenness in quality as expected in a set of short stories, but nothing awful in it. My main quibble would be the number of cursed Egyptian scarab stories which the collection opened with.
Of the stories new to me, The Captivity of the Professor was best, with Beyond the Star Curtain a close second. The latter was a far-future story which reminded me of the classic Hothouse by Aldiss 💚
I feel in the mood for a Creature Feature now! 🕷🐜🎥

The seventh story in the collection, "The Captivity of the Professor" by A. Lincoln Green (a pseudonym which, apparently, has not been penetrated) is the best story so far, notwithstanding that Poe & Wells have gone before.
The Professor, not heeding the warnings of his Amazon forest guides, enters a forbidden area of the jungle, where he is made the slave of a community of intelligent ants. It's a wonderful blend of science fiction & fairy tale.

Bit of a change of pace💀🦋💀
As with most of these collections of out of copyright stories, I've read a fair few already, but when they're by authors like Poe and Wells, revisiting is a pleasure. And, there's also a fair few I haven't read, so hopefully some new favourites to find 🤞🏻📖