Classic Victorian & Edwardian Ghost Stories ed. Rex Collings (Wordsworth Classics, 1996, 1-85326-186-6, $3.95, 289pp, tp, an, cover by Caspar-David Friedrich)
Reprint (Wordsworth Editions 1993) collection of 22 horror stories, plus an appendix of three true ghost stories. Price on sticker; this appears to be a tp instant remainder.
- · Introduction · Rex Collings · in
- 1 · The Tapestried Chamber · Sir Walter Scott · ss The Keepsake 1829, 1828
- 13 · The Spectre of Tappington · Richard Harris Barham · nv Bentley’s Miscellany February 1837, as by Thomas Ingoldsby
- 35 · The Botathen Ghost · R. S. Hawker · ss All the Year Round May 18 1867
- 44 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843
- 49 · The Squire’s Story · Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell · ss Household Words Christmas 1853, uncredited.
- 63 · The Story of Mary Ancel · William Makepeace Thackeray · ss The New Monthly Magazine October 1838
- 79 · The Story of the Bagman’s Uncle · Charles Dickens · ss The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens, Chapman & Hall, 1837, as “The Ghosts of the Mail”
- 94 · To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, uncredited.
- 104 · An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine December 1853, uncredited.
- 122 · The Narrative of the Ghost of a Hand · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ex from The House by the Church-Yard, 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”.
- 129 · Fisher’s Ghost · John Lang · nv Household Words #154, March 5 1853, uncredited.
derived from a report by W. Kerr in Tegg’s Monthly Magazine, Aug 1836.
- 136 · The Traveller’s Story of a Terribly Strange Bed · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words #109, April 24 1852, as “A Terribly Strange Bed”, uncredited.
- 150 · The Phantom Coach · Amelia B. Edwards · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1864, as “Another Past Lodger Relates His Own Ghost Story”, uncredited.
- 162 · Eveline’s Visitant · Miss Braddon · ss Belgravia January 1867
- 171 · Markheim · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885
- 185 · Man-Size in Marble · E. Nesbit · nv Home Chimes December 1887
- 195 · The Canterville Ghost · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review February 23 1887 (+1)
- 219 · The Haunted Dolls’ House · Montague Rhodes James · ss The Empire Review February 1923
- 229 · A School Story · Montague Rhodes James · ss More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Arnold, 1911
- 235 · Thurnley Abbey · Perceval Landon · ss McClure’s Magazine October 1908
- 248 · In the Cliff Land of the Dane · Howard Pease · ss (r)
- 256 · Laura · Saki · ss The Morning Post June 25 1912, as by H. H. Munro
- · Appendix: Three True Ghost Stories
- 263 · The Story of Euphemia Hewit · James Hogg · ts (r)
- 270 · A Ghostly Manifestation · A Clergyman · ts (r)
- 280 · Correspondence on “A Ghostly Manifestation” · A Clergyman · lt (r)
- 284 · Ghost in the Tower · Edmund Lenthal Swifte · ts (r)
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