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    Wrotten English: A Celebration of Literary Misprints, Mistakes and Mishaps by Peter Haining (Portico, April 7, 2011, 978-1-907554-10-0, 126pp, pb, nf)
        Collection of literary blunders from classic, and not-so classic, works of literature.


    Ancient Mysteries ed. Peter Haining (Sidgwick & Jackson, March 1977, 283-98321-3, £7.99, 178pp, hc, an)
        An illustrated review of the major mysteries of the Earth and the various viewpoints that have been advanced about them.



























    The Craft of Terror ed. Peter Haining (Four Square, December 1966, 1678, 3/6d, 188pp, pb, an, cover by Josh Kirby)
        Anthology of extracts from the rare and infamous gothic “horror” novels.
    • 7 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in
    • 11 · The Monk · Matthew Lewis · ex J. Bell, 1796
    • 26 · Ferdinand, Count Fathom · Tobias Smollett · ex from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom, 1753
    • 36 · The Castle of Otranto · Horace Walpole · ex Tho. Lownds, 1764
    • 47 · The Old English Baron · Clara Reeve · ex Edward & Dilly, 1777
    • 61 · Vathek · William Beckford · ex J. Johnson, 1786, as “An Arabian Tale”, uncredited.
    • 77 · Caleb Williams · William Godwin · ex Things As They Are by William Godwin, B. Crosby, 1794
    • 89 · Wieland; or, The Transformation · Charles Brockden Brown · ex H. Caritat, 1798
    • 100 · Melmoth the Wanderer · Charles Maturin · ex Hurst, Robinson, 1820
    • 121 · The Last Man · Mary W. Shelley · ex Henry Colburn, 1826
    • 132 · The Cult of Zanoni · Edward Bulwer Lytton · ex from Zanoni, Saunders & Otley, 1842
    • 143 · The Feast of Blood · Thomas Prest (error, actually by James Malcolm Rymer) · ex from Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood, anonymously, E. Lloyd, 1847, uncredited.
      this work was long attributed to Prest but opinion has now shifted to Rymer as the author.
    • 149 · The Mysteries of Paris · Eugène Sue · ex 1842
    • 162 · The House by the Churchyard · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ex Tinsley, 1863; originally published as Chapter 12, titled “Some Odd Facts About the Tiled House—Being an Authentic Narrative of the Ghost of a Hand”.
    • 170 · The Elixir of Life · William Harrison Ainsworth · ex from Auriol, 1850; earlier serialised in Ainsworth’s Magazine, Oct 1844-May 1845 when publication suspended; publication continued in New Monthly Magazine, Aug 1845-Jan 1846.
    • 176 · Metzengerstein · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Philadelphia Saturday Courier January 14 1832
    • 186 · Bibliography · Peter Haining · bi ; a listing of some notable gothic horror novels published in period 1764-1864.
















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