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Ghosts and Scholars ed. Richard Dalby & Rosemary Pardoe (Crucible, October 1987, 1-85274-022-1, £12.95, 272pp, hc, an)     Collection of ghost stories in the spirit of M.R. James. 9 · Foreword · Michael Cox · fw 13 · Introduction · Richard Dalby & Rosemary Pardoe · in 17 · Ghosts—Treat Them Gently · M. R. James · ar The (London) Evening News April 17 1931 20 · On the Leads · Sabine Baring-Gould · ss A Book of Ghosts by Sabine Baring-Gould, Methuen, 1904 28 · The Stone Coffin · ’B’ · ss Magdalene College Magazine December 1913 35 · The Slype House · A. C. Benson · nv The Isles of Sunset by Arthur Christopher Benson, Isbister, 1905 46 · Father Macclesfield’s Tale · Robert Hugh Benson · ss A Mirror of Shalott by R. H. Benson, Pitman, 1907 53 · The Saint and the Vicar · Cecil Binney · ss 50 Years of Ghost Stories, Hutchinson, 1935 61 · Christmas Reunion · Sir Andrew Caldecott · ss Not Exactly Ghosts by Andrew Caldecott, Edward Arnold, 1946 70 · This Time · Ramsey Campbell · ss Night Visions 3 ed. George R. R. Martin, Dark Harvest, 1986 79 · Doctor Horder’s Room · Patrick Carleton · ss Thrills, Philip Allan, 1935 87 · Blind Man’s Hood · John Dickson Carr · ss The Sketch Christmas 1937, as by Carter Dickson 104 · The Strange Affair at Upton Strangewold · Frederick Cowles · ss 116 · Brother John’s Bequest · Arthur Gray · ss The Cambridge Review November 28 1912, as by Ingulphus 125 · “Come, Follow!” · Sheila Hodgson · ss Ghosts & Scholars #4, 1982 adapted by the author from her play of the same name. 141 · Ghost Story Competition · M. R. James · ms The Spectator Christmas 1930 143 · “Here He Lies Where He Longed to Be” · Winifred Galbraith · vi The Spectator Christmas 1930 145 · The House-Party · Emma S. Duffin · vi The Spectator Christmas 1930 148 · An Incident in the City · A. F. Kidd · ss Ghosts & Scholars #1, 1979 155 · As in a Glass Dimly · Shane Leslie · ss When Churchyards Yawn ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1931 165 · Between Sunset and Moonrise · R. H. Malden · ss Nine Ghosts by R. H. Malden, E. Arnold, 1943 175 · New Corner · L. T. C. Rolt · ss Mystery Stories #20, 1939 186 · Sins of the Fathers [Father O’Connor] · David G. Rowlands · ss 1962, as “The Dog in the Night” 195 · Celui-La · Eleanor Scott · ss Randalls Round by Eleanor Scott, E. Benn, 1929 210 · The Face in the Fresco · Arnold Smith · ss The London Mercury June 1928 223 · The Dean’s Bargain · Dermot Chesson Spence · ss Little Red Shoes by Dermot Chesson Spence, Williams & Norgate, 1937 230 · The Horn of Vapula · Lewis Spence · ss The Grand Magazine July 1916 239 · The Grimoire · Montague Summers · nv The Grimoire and Other Supernatural Stories ed. Montague Summers, Fortune Press, 1936 256 · The Eastern Window · E. G. Swain · ss The Stoneground Ghost Tales by E. G. Swain, W. Heffer, 1912 264 · Select Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

Ghosts for Christmas ed. Richard Dalby (Michael O’Mara, October 13, 1988, 0-948397-18-7, £12.00, 339pp, hc, an, cover by Clifford Harper)     Anthology of 30 Christmas ghost stories, one original. vii · Foreword · Richard Dalby · fw 1 · Our Ghost Party · Jerome K. Jerome · ar Told After Supper by Jerome K. Jerome, Leadenhall Press, 1891 6 · The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton · Charles Dickens · ss The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens, Chapman & Hall, 1837 16 · The Ghost Detective · Mark Lemon · ss The London Journal Christmas 1866 27 · The Dead Sexton · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Once a Week Christmas 1871 45 · Markheim · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885 60 · The Ghost of Christmas Eve · J. M. Barrie · ss The St. James’s Gazette January 3 1889 64 · The Real and the Counterfeit · Louisa Baldwin · ss The Shadow on the Blind and Other Ghost Stories by Mrs. Alfred Baldwin, Dent, 1895 79 · “Number Ninety” · Mrs. B. M. Croker · ss Chapman’s Magazine December 1895 89 · Thurlow’s Christmas Story · John Kendrick Bangs · ss Harper’s Weekly December 15 1894 103 · Their Dear Little Ghost · Elia W. Peattie · ss The Outlook October 29 1898 109 · Wolverden Tower · Grant Allen · nv The Illustrated London News November 23 1896 136 · A Ghost-Child · Bernard Capes · ss The Pall Mall Magazine January 1906 143 · The Kit-Bag · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1908 154 · The Shadow · E. Nesbit · ss Black & White #777, December 23 1905, as “The Portent of the Shadow” 164 · The Irtonwood Ghost · Elinor Glyn · ss Pearson’s Magazine December 1911 182 · Bone to His Bone · E. G. Swain · ss The Stoneground Ghost Tales by E. G. Swain, W. Heffer, 1912 190 · Transition · Algernon Blackwood · ss The New Witness December 11 1913, as “Mudbury’s Xmas Adventure” 196 · The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance · M. R. James · nv The Cambridge Review June 4 1913 209 · The Sculptor’s Angel · Marie Corelli · ss Nash’s Magazine December 1913 223 · The Snow · Hugh Walpole · ss The (London) Evening News December 21 1928 232 · Smee · A. M. Burrage · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine December 1929 243 · The Prescription · Marjorie Bowen · ss The London Magazine January 1929 259 · The Demon King · J. B. Priestley · ss The Strand Magazine January 1931 271 · Lucky’s Grove · H. Russell Wakefield · nv The Clock Strikes Twelve by H. Russell Wakefield, Herbert Jenkins, 1940 291 · “I Shall Take Proper Precautions” · George H. Bushnell · ss A Handful of Ghosts by George H. Bushnell, St Andrews University, 1945 302 · Christmas Meeting · Rosemary Timperley · vi Truth 1952 305 · Someone in the Lift · L. P. Hartley · ss The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 310 · The Christmas Present · Ramsey Campbell · ss Nameless Places ed. Gerald W. Page, Arkham House, 1975 broadcast on BBC Radio Merseyside on December 24th, 1969. 317 · Christmas Entertainment · Daphne Froome · ss The Fifteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Fontana, 1979 326 · Gebal and Ammon and Amalek [Father O’Connor] · David G. Rowlands · ss

The Giant Book of Classic Ghost Stories: The Great Stories from the Victorian and Edwardian Era ed. Richard Dalby (Magpie, 1996, 1-85487-672-4, £3.99, xiv+573pp, tp, an, cover: [photo] by Simon Marsden)     Reprint (Robinson; Carroll & Graf 1995 as The Mammoth Book of Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories) anthology of 42 stories and 1 poem. This is an instant remainder edition.

The Haunted Chair and Other Stories by Richard Marsh ed. Richard Dalby--- see under Richard Marsh.

Horror for Christmas ed. Richard Dalby (Michael O’Mara, November 1992, 1-85479-141-9, £13.99, vii+246pp, hc, an, cover by Graham Potts)     Anthology of 13 horror stories with a Christmas theme, including an original novella by Basil Copper. vii · Foreword · Richard Dalby · fw 1 · Jerry Bundler · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Windsor Magazine December 1897 9 · Mustapha · Sabine Baring-Gould · ss Western Weekly Mercury 1894 24 · The Sinister Inn · F. S. Smythe · ss Chambers’s Journal Christmas 1931 43 · Tarnhelm · Hugh Walpole · ss Liberty December 28 1929 58 · The Crown Derby Plate · Marjorie Bowen · ss Grace Latouche and the Warringtons by Marjorie Bowen, Selwyn & Blount, 1931 70 · The Stocking · Nigel Kneale · ss Tomato Cain by Nigel Kneale, Collins, 1949 74 · The Spider · F. McDermott · ss The London Mystery Magazine #12, October/November 1951 82 · The Visiting Star · Robert Aickman · nv Powers of Darkness by Robert Aickman, Collins, 1966 105 · Christmas Eve · Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes · ss The Night Ghouls by R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Fontana, 1975 115 · The Night Before Christmas · Robert Bloch · nv Dark Forces ed. Kirby McCauley, Viking, 1980 134 · The Greater Arcana · Ron Weighell · ss 149 · Wish You Were Here · Basil Copper · na 221 · To Dance by the Light of the Moon · Stephen Gallagher · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 1986

The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories ed. Richard Dalby (Robinson, July 19, 1990, 1-85487-055-6, £4.99, 654pp, tp, an, cover by Gordon Crabb)     Anthology of fifty ghost stories from the 19th and 20th centuries. ix · Preface · Richard Dalby · pr 1 · The Unsettled Dust · Robert Aickman · nv Sub Rosa by Robert Aickman, Gollancz, 1968 40 · How He Left the Hotel · Louisa Baldwin · ss The Argosy (UK) October 1894, uncredited. 45 · Whessoe · Nugent Barker · ss Life and Letters December 1928 55 · The Shuttered Room · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Story-Magazine August 1929 68 · An Inhabitant of Carcosa · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Newsletter December 25 1886 72 · Is There Anybody There? · Charles Birkin · ss The Smell of Evil by Charles Birkin, Library 33, 1964 88 · The Whisperers · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Eye-Witness May 23 1912 94 · Curfew · L. M. Boston · ss The House of the Nightmare ed. Kathleen Lines, The Bodley Head, 1967 103 · I’m Sure It Was No. 31 [Did It Happen?] · A. M. Burrage · ar The Evening Standard May 10 1955 108 · The Guide · Ramsey Campbell · ss Post Mortem ed. Paul F. Olson & David B. Silva, St. Martin's, 1989; in this version the lullaby verse has been revised. 120 · The Limping Ghost · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss The Night Ghouls by R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Fontana, 1975, as “The Ghost Who Limped” 136 · Mrs. Zant and the Ghost · Wilkie Collins · nv My Lady’s Money by Wilkie Collins, Tauchnitz, 1879, as “The Ghost’s Touch” 169 · The House by the Tarn · Basil Copper · ss Dark Things ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1971 182 · In Kropfsberg Keep · Ralph Adams Cram · ss Black Spirits and White by Ralph Adams Cram, Stone & Kimball, 1895 191 · The Ghost in All the Rooms · Daniel Defoe · ss The Secrets of the Invisible World Disclos’d by Daniel Defoe, 1727 200 · 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” 217 · The Bully of Brocas Court · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine November 1921 229 · In the Confessional · Amelia B. Edwards · ss All the Year Round December 4 1871 244 · The Tune in Dan’s Café · Shamus Frazer · ss Lie Ten Nights Awake ed. Herbert van Thal, Hodder, 1967 254 · Beyond the Bourne · John S. Glasby · ss The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories ed. Richard Dalby, Robinson, 1990 267 · The Valley of the Lost Children · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Cornhill Magazine February 1906 278 · The Sand-Walker · Fergus Hume · ss The Dancer in Red by Fergus Hume, Digby, Long, 1906 293 · The Real Right Thing · Henry James · ss Collier’s Weekly December 16 1899 306 · The Haunted Dolls’ House · M. R. James · ss The Empire Review February 1923; written to fill a miniature book in the library of Queen Mary’s doll house. 317 · The Wall-Painting · Roger Johnson · ss Saints and Relics ed. Rosemary Pardoe, Haunted Library, 1983 331 · “They” · Rudyard Kipling · nv Scribner’s Magazine August 1904 352 · The Last Laugh · D. H. Lawrence · ss The New Decameron IV, Blackwell, 1925 369 · Robin’s Rath · Margery H. Lawrence · nv Hutchinson’s Magazine November 1923 387 · The Dream [The Purcell Papers] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine August 1838, as “The Drunkard’s Dream”, uncredited. 399 · The Sundial · R. H. Malden · ss Leeds Parish Church Magazine December 1930 409 · The Fifteenth Man [Augustus Champnell] · Richard Marsh · ss The Seen and the Unseen by Richard Marsh, Methuen, 1900 420 · Brenner’s Boy · John Metcalfe · ss White Owl Press, 1932 436 · Uncle Abraham’s Romance · E. Nesbit · ss Grim Tales by E. Nesbit, Innes, 1893 440 · What Was It? [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1859, uncredited. 452 · The Next Room · Vincent O’Sullivan · ss The Dublin Magazine October 1928 (+2) 461 · The Footsteps of the Aventine · Roger Pater · ss Mystic Voices by Roger Pater, Oates & Washbourne, 1923 472 · William Wilson · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1840, Carey & Hart, 1839 491 · Courage · Forrest Reid · ss A Garden by the Sea by Forrest Reid, 1918 498 · The Last of Squire Ennismore · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · ss The Penny Illustrated Paper Christmas 1886 505 · The Garside Fell Disaster · L. T. C. Rolt · ss Sleep No More by L. T. C. Rolt, Constable, 1948 513 · The Tears of Saint Agathé [Father O’Connor] · David G. Rowlands · ss Saints and Relics ed. Rosemary Pardoe, Haunted Library, 1983 524 · The Soul of Laploshka · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 8 1909 529 · The Old Dining-Room · “Sapper” · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine December 1920 541 · The Between-Maid · Montague Summers · ss Everybody’s January 3 1948 546 · A Ghost Story · Mark Twain · ss Werner’s Readings and Recitations, 1888 552 · The Folly [Ralph Tyler] · Mark Valentine · ss 14 Bellchamber Tower by Mark Valentine, Crimson Altar Press, 1987 569 · Out of the Wrack I Rise · H. Russell Wakefield · ss Weird Tales November 1949 575 · In the Pines · Karl Edward Wagner · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1973 603 · “Where Angels Fear…” · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Unknown March 1939 611 · The House of the Nightmare · Edward Lucas White · ss Smith’s Magazine September 1906 620 · The Canterville Ghost · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review February 23 1887 (+1) 646 · The Spectre Spiders · William J. Wintle · ss Ghost Gleams by W. J. Wintle, Heath Cranton, 1921

The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories 2 ed. Richard Dalby (Carroll & Graf, September 1991, 0-88184-701-1, $9.95, 658pp, tp, an, cover by Peter Kettle)     Anthology of 59 ghost stories, seven of them original, with a preface by Christopher Lee. · Preface · Christopher Lee · pr 1 · Who or What Was It? · Kingsley Amis · ss Playboy December 1972 12 · The Believers · Robert Arthur · ss Weird Tales July 1941 28 · A Happy Release · Sabine Baring-Gould · ss A Book of Ghosts by Sabine Baring-Gould, Methuen, 1904 39 · One, Two, Buckle My Shoe · Nugent Barker · ss Written with my Left Hand by Nugent Barker, Percival Marshall, 1951 50 · The Man Who Went Too Far · E. F. Benson · nv The Pall Mall Magazine June 1904 71 · The Secret of Macarger’s Gulch · Ambrose Bierce · ss The Wave April 25 1891 79 · The God with Four Arms · H. T. W. Bousfield · ss The Windsor Magazine April 1933 89 · The Shadowy Escort · A. M. Burrage · ss The London Magazine May 1928 100 · The Widow’s Clock · Bernard Capes · ss The Pall Mall Magazine May 1900 108 · A Pleasant Evening · Robert W. Chambers · nv The Maker of Moons by Robert W. Chambers, Putnam, 1896 131 · The Elemental · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · nv The Elemental by R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Fontana, 1974 150 · Something to Reflect Upon · Clare Colvin · nv Winter’s Tales, New Series: 6 ed. Robin Baird-Smith, Constable, 1990 168 · The Second Passenger · Basil Copper · ss The Dark Brotherhood Journal #3, 1973 178 · No. 252 Rue M. le Prince · Ralph Adams Cram · nv Black Spirits and White by Ralph Adams Cram, Stone & Kimball, 1895 192 · St. Bartholomew’s Day · Edmund Crispin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1975 206 · The Ghost in Master B.’s Room · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1859, uncredited. 217 · The Brown Hand · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine May 1899, as “The Story of the Brown Hand” 232 · Yak Mool San · H. B. Drake · ss The London Mystery Magazine #1, 1949 247 · The Spirit of Christmas · Vivian Edwards · ss 1990 252 · Uncle Christian’s Inheritance · Erckmann-Chatrian · ss The Man-Wolf and Other Tales by Mm. Erckmann-Chatrian, Ward, Lock & Tyler, 1876 translated from the French (“L’héritage de mon oncle Christian”, La Revue européenne, May 1860). 263 · The Black Widow · John S. Glasby · ss 280 · Across the Moors · William F. Harvey · ss Midnight House and Other Tales by William F. Harvey, J.M. Dent, 1910 286 · The Gray Champion · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine January 1835, as by The Author of “The Gentle Boy” 294 · Governor Manco and the Soldier · Washington Irving · ss The Alhambra by Washington Irving, Colburn & Bentley, 1832 309 · Rats · M. R. James · ss At Random March 23 1929 315 · Mädelein · Roger Johnson · ss 328 · And Turns No More His Head · A. F. Kidd · ss Change and Decay by A. F. Kidd, A.F. Kidd, 1985 337 · By Word of Mouth · Rudyard Kipling · vi The Civil and Military Gazette June 10 1887 342 · The Curse of the Stillborn · Margery Lawrence · ss Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine June 1925 355 · Dance! Dance! The Shaking of the Sheets · Alan W. Lear · ss 361 · The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh [The Purcell Papers] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Dublin University Magazine March 1838, uncredited. 370 · Haunted Air · L. A. Lewis · ss Tales of the Grotesque by L. A. Lewis, Allan, 1934 380 · The Coxswain of the Lifeboat · R. H. Malden · ss Nine Ghosts by R. H. Malden, E. Arnold, 1943 392 · On the River · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“En Canot”, Le Bulletin Francais, March 10, 1876). 398 · Things · J. C. Moore · ss The English Review June 1928 406 · The Ebony Frame · Edith Nesbit · nv Longman’s Magazine October 1891 417 · The Downs · Amyas Northcote · ss In Ghostly Company by Amyas Northcote, The Bodley Head, 1921 424 · The Pot of Tulips [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine November 1855, uncredited. 441 · The Burned House · Vincent O’Sullivan · ss The Century Magazine October 1916 449 · The Unfinished Masterpiece · C. D. Pamely · ss Tales of Mystery and Terror by C. D. Pamely, C. D. Pamely, 1926 454 · The Witches’ Sabbath · James Platt · ss Tales of the Supernatural by James Platt, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, 1894 466 · Metzengerstein · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Philadelphia Saturday Courier January 14 1832 475 · The Story of Saddler’s Croft [Flaxman Low] · Kate & Hesketh Prichard · ss Pearson’s Magazine February 1899, as by E. & H. Heron 489 · The Face · Lennox Robinson · ss 1913 494 · A Fisher of Men [Father O’Connor] · David G. Rowlands · ss Holly Bough (Ireland) Christmas 1984 500 · A Mysterious Portrait · Mark Rutherford · ss The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford by Mark Rutherford, Trübner, 1881 508 · Ward 8 · Pamela Sewell · ss 514 · The Coat · A. E. D. Smith · ss Powers of Darkness, Philip Allan, 1934 521 · A Voice in Feathers · Lewis Spence · ss Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine August 1923 529 · A Dream of Porcelain · Derek Stanford · nv 554 · No. 11 Welham Square · Herbert Stephen · ss The Cornhill Magazine May 1885, as by Edward Masey 566 · The Bishop’s Ghost and the Printer’s Baby · Frank R. Stockton · ss Chapman’s Magazine June 1895 571 · The Secret of the Growing Gold · Bram Stoker · ss Black & White January 23 1892 584 · The Ash Track · Mark Valentine · ss 596 · In a Nursing Home (A Euthanasian Subject) · E. H. Visiak · vi 599 · The Stranger of the Night · Edgar Wallace · ss The Weekly Tale-Teller #75, October 8 1910 609 · The Triumph of Night · Edith Wharton · nv Scribner’s Magazine August 1914 633 · The Hall Bedroom · Mary E. Wilkins · ss Collier’s Weekly March 28 1903, as by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman 649 · The Ghost at the “Blue Dragon” · William J. Wintle · ss Ghost Gleams by W. J. Wintle, Heath Cranton, 1921