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The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories: Volume 7 ed. Alastair Gunn (Wimbourne Books, October 9, 2020, 978-0-9929828-3-6, £8.99, 314pp, tp, an, cover: [portrait of Sabine Baring-Gould] by Sydney Carter from 1920)     This volume spans the years 1857 to 1901, contains ghost stories set at or around Christmas. 1 · Introduction · Alastair Gunn · in _1 · Ghosts · [uncredited] · ar Littell’s Living Age February 1865 23 · The Wedding-Ring · Miles Gerald Keon · ss The Illustrated London News December 19 1857; subtitled “A Ghost Story”. 39 · All Alone on Christmas Day · James Hain Friswell · ss Ghost Stories and Phantom Fancies by Hain Friswell, Richard Bentley, 1858 46 · The Ghost in the Clock Room · Hesba Stretton · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1859, uncredited. 61 · The Ghost in the Double Room · George Augustus Sala · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1859, uncredited. 75 · The Spectre’s Visit · Anne Sarah Bushby · ss The New Monthly Magazine January 1859 86 · Glámr · Sabine Baring-Gould · ss Iceland: Its Scenes and Sagas by Sabine Baring-Gould, Smith Elder and Co., 1863 99 · The Ghost Detective · Mark Lemon · ss The London Journal Christmas 1866 102 · Hertford O’Donnell’s Warning · Charlotte Riddell · ss London Society Christmas 1867 121 · The Brown Lady · Frances Cashel Hoey · na Belgravia March 1869 171 · The Phantom Flash · William Wilthew Fenn · ss Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1870; subtitled “A Christmas Mystery”. 180 · Christmas Eve at a Cornish Manor House · Clara Venn · ss St. James’s Magazine December 1878 192 · The Ghost of Charlotte Cray · Florence Marryat · nv Judy’s Annual 1879 210 · The Curse of the Catafalques · F. Anstey · nv The Cornhill Magazine August 1882, uncredited. 241 · “Number Ninety” · Bithia Mary Croker · ss Chapman’s Magazine December 1895 250 · A Mysterious Portrait · Mark Rutherford · ss The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford by Mark Rutherford, Trübner, 1881 258 · The Spectre of Barrochan · J. E. P. Muddock · ss Stories Weird and Wonderful by J. E. Muddock, Chatto & Windus, 1889 272 · The Old Portrait · Hume Nisbet · ss The Penny Illustrated Paper February 22 1896 277 · Old Applejoy’s Ghost · Frank Richard Stockton · ss Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly December 1897; subtitled “A Christmas Story”. 292 · Jerry Bundler · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Windsor Magazine December 1897 300 · Bills, M.D. · John Kendrick Bangs · ss Brooklyn Life December 1898

The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories: Volume 8 ed. Alastair Gunn (Wimbourne Books, December 21, 2020, 978-1-83826-890-9, £9.99, 308pp, tp, an, cover: [portrait of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu])     This volume contains stories published anonymously in America and Britain between 1838 and 1895. 1 · Introduction · Alastair Gunn · in _4 · The Comparative Study of Ghost Stories · Andrew Lang · ar The Nineteenth Century April 1885 24 · The Silver Lady · [uncredited] · nv The Keepsake 1838 52 · The Haunted Brig · [uncredited] · ss Ladies’ Cabinet of Fashion, Music and Romance February 1841 57 · A Night in a Haunted House · Henry Ferris, uncredited · nv Dublin University Magazine May 1848 89 · The Story of an Organ · [uncredited] · ss Ainsworth’s Magazine July 1851 97 · The Sword of Mauley · William D. O’Connor, uncredited · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine January 1854 119 · The Miser’s Curse. A Veritable Ghost Story · [uncredited] · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine April 1857 131 · An Alibi · [uncredited] · ss Once a Week August 3 1861; subtitled “A Real Experience”. 139 · Bolden Tower · [uncredited] · ss The Musical Monthly and Repertoire of Literature, Drama and the Arts July 1865 147 · Falconest · [uncredited] · ss A Stable for Nightmares, Tinsley Brothers, 1867 162 · The Spirit’s Whisper · Sheridan Le Fanu, uncredited · ss A Stable for Nightmares, Tinsley Brothers, 1867 177 · Doctor Feversham’s Story · [uncredited] · ss A Stable for Nightmares, Tinsley Brothers, 1867 189 · The Ghost of Stanton Hall · [uncredited] · ss The New Monthly Magazine January 1868 214 · A Spirit’s Tale; or Aunt Ella’s Story · [uncredited] · ss Bentley’s Miscellany July 1868 221 · Le Vert Galant · [uncredited] · ss The Belgravia Annual Christmas 1870 228 · The Bridal of La Guillotiere · [uncredited] · ss London Society Christmas 1875, as by O. S. T. D. 240 · The Ghost of Aldrum Hall · [uncredited] · ss The Argosy (UK) December 1880 262 · Not Yet Solved · Ellen Wood ,[?], uncredited · ss The Argosy (UK) October 1886 270 · The Château de Keronel: A True Story · Ellen Wood ,[?], uncredited · ss The Argosy (UK) November 1887 284 · The Weird Violin · [uncredited] · ss The Argosy (UK) December 1893 290 · The Last Saturday in August · [uncredited] · ss The Argosy (UK) September 1895

The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories: Volume 9 ed. Alastair Gunn (Wimbourne Books, April 7, 2021, 978-1-83826-891-6, £10.99, 378pp, tp, an, cover: [portrait of Henry James] by John Singer Sargent from 1913)     This volume contains stories published between 1841 and 1899. 1 · Introduction · Alastair Gunn · in _1 · The Spook in Current Literature · Elizabeth McL. Gould Rowland · ar The Congregationalist March 16 1899 19 · Ghost Gossips at Blakesley House · William Mudford · ss Bentley’s Miscellany January 1841 38 · George Child’s Second Love · John Yonge Akerman · ss Bentley’s Miscellany January 1843, as by Paul Pindar 47 · The Old House in Chancery · Mary Ann Bird · ss The London Journal January 1851 59 · The Poor Clare · Elizabeth Gaskell · na Household Words December 13 1856 (+2), uncredited. 112 · The Dutch Officer’s Story · Catherine Crowe · ss Ghosts and Family Legends by Mrs. Crowe, T.C. Newby, 1858 121 · The Haunted House · Emerson Bennett · ss Reynolds’s Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, Science, and Art March 1859, as “A Ghost Story” 130 · The Four-Fifteen Express · Amelia B. Edwards · nv Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1867, 1866 157 · The Romance of Certain Old Clothes · Henry James · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1868, uncredited. 176 · The Drummer Ghost · John William De Forest · nv The Atlantic Monthly July 1869, uncredited. 197 · The Haunted Enghenio · John Gladwyn Jebb · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1872 207 · Her Last Appearance · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · ss The Belgravia Annual Christmas 1876, as by The Author of “Lady Audley’s Secret”, etc. 222 · The Hand on the Latch · William Wilthew Fenn · ss Time September 1881 234 · The White Woman of Slaith · Isabella Banks · ss The Argosy (UK) November 1881 254 · On Board the “Eagle” · G. L. Worrall · ss The Argosy (UK) June 1882, uncredited. 261 · Mrs. Zant and the Ghost · Wilkie Collins · nv My Lady’s Money by Wilkie Collins, Tauchnitz, 1879, as “The Ghost’s Touch” 295 · The Upper Berth · F. Marion Crawford · nv Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885 316 · The Case of Lady Lukestan · Lettice Galbraith · nv Short Stories April 1893 336 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895 346 · The Crimson Portrait · Wilhelmina FitzClarence · ss The Lady’s Realm January 1897 359 · The Spectre of Rislip Abbey · J. E. P. Muddock · ss Tales of Terror by Dick Donovan, Chatto & Windus, 1899, as by Dick Donovan

The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories: Volume 10 ed. Alastair Gunn (Wimbourne Books, October 8, 2021, 978-1-83826-892-3, £8.99, 284pp, tp, an, cover: [portrait of William Waldorf Astor] by Hubert Von Herkomer)     This volume spans the years 1838 to 1898. 1 · Introduction · Alastair Gunn · in _1 · The Last Thing in Ghosts · [uncredited] · ar Once a Week January 1862 28 · The Ghost and the Bone-Setter [The Purcell Papers] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine January 1838, uncredited. 37 · The Banquet-Hall of Death · William Mudford · ss Bentley’s Miscellany January 1842 45 · A Tale Told by the Fireside · Mary Ann Bird · ss The London Journal May 1849 55 · A Mysterious Visitor · Ellen Wood · nv Bentley’s Miscellany October 1857 76 · The Haunted House · Margaret Verne · ss Ballou’s Pictorial Drawing Room Companion September 1859 84 · Eveline’s Visitant · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · ss Belgravia January 1867 95 · Hu Hirwan’s Ghost · Samuel Williams · ss Overland Monthly January 1869 101 · The Ghost in the Mill · Harriet Beecher Stowe · ss The Atlantic Monthly June 1870, uncredited. 112 · Sister Johanna’s Story · Amelia B. Edwards · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1872 126 · The Veiled Portrait · James Grant · ss London Society Christmas 1874 138 · The Beresford Apparition · Frederick George Lee · ss Glimpses of the Supernatural by Frederick George Lee, H.S. King, 1875 145 · A Sworn Statement · Emma Frances Dawson · ss The Wasp Christmas 1881 154 · The Rival Ghosts · Brander Matthews · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine May 1884 172 · The Ebony Frame · Edith Nesbit · nv Longman’s Magazine October 1891 183 · Her Great-Grandmother’s Ghost · Thomas Nelson Page · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine November 1893 190 · The Invisible Playmate · William Canton · ss Good Words May 1893 202 · The Ghosts of Austerlitz · William Waldorf Astor · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1893 213 · The Phantom Model · Hume Nisbet · ss The Haunted Station by Hume Nisbet, F.V. White & Co., 1894 225 · The Library Window · Margaret Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1896 266 · The Lady Tantivy · Rosa Mulholland · ss Temple Bar January 1898

The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories: Volume 11 ed. Alastair Gunn (Wimbourne Books, August 4, 2022, 978-1-83826-893-0, £8.99, 287pp, tp, an, cover: [portrait of Harriet Beecher Stowe] by Alanson Fisher)     This volume spans the years 1846 to 1901 and includes stories from solely American female authors. 1 · Introduction · Alastair Gunn · in _3 · Ghost Stories · [uncredited] · ar The Flag of Our Union March 1861 23 · The Haunted House in Georgia · Elizabeth Fries Lummis Ellet · ss Columbian Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine November 1846 32 · The Haunted House · Nancy Thorning Munroe · ss The Flag of Our Union April 1854 43 · My Visitation · Rose Terry Cooke · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine July 1858, uncredited. 62 · The Deserted Hut · Jane Goodwin Austin · ss The Flag of Our Union November 1865; subtitled “A Ghost Story”. 74 · Kentucky’s Ghost · Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward · ss The Atlantic Monthly November 1868, uncredited. 90 · The Strange Passengers · Harriet Prescott Spofford · ss Lippincott’s Magazine of Literature, Science and Education June 1868 108 · Tom Toothacre’s Ghost Story · Harriet Beecher Stowe · ss Sam Lawson’s Oldtown Fireside Stories by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Osgood, 1871 115 · The Story of a Shadow · Rebecca Harding Davis · nv The Galaxy April 1872 139 · The Walking Boy · Clara Florida Guernsey · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine January 1873, uncredited. 157 · The Haunted House by the Mill · Clara Le Clerc · ss Ballou’s Monthly Magazine December 1875; subtitled “A Texas Story”. 171 · The American Ghost · Lucretia Peabody Hale · ss Swinton’s Story-Teller #8, December 5 1883 182 · On the Stroke of the Clock · Ellen Louise Chandler Moulton · ss The Continent Weekly Magazine August 13 1884 193 · The Gray Man · Sarah Orne Jewett · ss A White Heron by Sarah Orne Jewett, Houghton Mifflin, 1886 200 · The Giant Wistaria · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine June 1891 209 · The Soul of Rose Dédé · Mollie Evelyn Moore Davis · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine July 1892 219 · The Fear That Walks by Noonday · Willa Sibert Cather · ss Sombrero 1895 230 · A Transient · Annie Trumbull Slosson · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine December 1898 244 · The Shape of Fear · Elia Wilkinson Peattie · ss The Shape of Fear and Other Ghostly Tales by Elia Wilkinson Peattie, Macmillan, 1898 250 · The Path of the Storm · Marie Van Vorst · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine November 1899 268 · The Ordeal of Sister Cuthbert · Elizabeth Garver Jordan · ss Tales of the Cloister by Elizabeth G. Jordan, Harper, 1901

The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories: Volume 12 ed. Alastair Gunn (Wimbourne Books, August 4, 2022, 978-1-83826-894-7, £9.99, 317pp, tp, an, cover: [portrait of Richard Harris Barham])     This volume spans the years 1837 to 1901, contains ghost stories set at or around Christmas. 1 · Introduction · Alastair Gunn · in _3 · Family Ghosts · [uncredited] · ar Every Saturday January 1868 24 · The Spectre of Tappington · Richard Harris Barham · nv Bentley’s Miscellany February 1837, as by Thomas Ingoldsby 51 · The Old Bell-Ringer’s Story · Mark Lemon · ss The Illustrated London News December 20 1856, as by M. L. 55 · The Dead Man’s Story · James Hain Friswell · ss Ghost Stories and Phantom Fancies by Hain Friswell, Richard Bentley, 1858 73 · Horror: A True Tale · John Berwick Harwood · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1861, uncredited. 95 · The Steel Mirror · William Wilthew Fenn · ss Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1867; subtitled “A Christmas Dream”. 105 · Haunted by Spirits · George Manville Fenn · ss Christmas Penny Readings by George Manville Fenn, Routledge, 1867 114 · A Strange Christmas Game · Charlotte Riddell · ss The Broadway January 1868 124 · How We Parted · Annie Hall Thomas · ss Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1869 141 · Christmas Eve in Beach House · Eliza Lynn Linton · ss Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1870 158 · A Three-Cornered Ghost · Charles Henry Ross · ss Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1870 176 · Number Two, Melrose Square · Theo Gift · nv All the Year Round December 6 1879 (+1) 198 · Old Vanderhaven’s Will · Mary E. Penn · ss The Argosy (UK) December 1880 223 · The Old House in Vauxhall Walk · Charlotte Riddell · nv Home Christmas 1880 241 · Markheim · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885 258 · The Ghost of Christmas Eve · James Matthew Barrie · ss The St. James’s Gazette January 3 1889 261 · The Ghost of the Blue Chamber · Jerome K. Jerome · nv Told After Supper by Jerome K. Jerome, Leadenhall Press, 1891 272 · Thurlow’s Christmas Story · John Kendrick Bangs · ss Harper’s Weekly December 15 1894 287 · The Baron’s Room · Ivy Hooper · ss Lucifer February 1896 295 · Their Dear Little Ghost · Elia Wilkinson Peattie · ss The Outlook October 29 1898 301 · The Ghost in the Sedan Chair · Marie Corelli · ss A Christmas Greeting by Marie Corelli, Methuen, 1901

The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories: Volume 13 ed. Alastair Gunn (Wimbourne Books, May 25, 2023, 978-1-83826-895-4, £8.99, 241pp, tp, an, cover: [portrait of Charles Dickens] by Daniel Maclise from 1839)     This volume contains ghost stories published anonymously in America and Britain between 1841 and 1900. 1 · Introduction · Alastair Gunn · in _2 · On the Threatened Extinction of Ghosts · [uncredited] · ar Sharpe’s London Magazine January 1856 18 · The Heart and the Key · [uncredited] · ss Bentley’s Miscellany July 1841, as by Dalton; subtitled “A Tale of the Fens”. 37 · Haunted · [uncredited] · ss Sharpe’s London Magazine March 1860, as by J. A. 59 · The Demon Spectre · [uncredited] · ss Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper March 6 1861; subtitled “A True Ghost Story of Virginia”. 70 · Midnight at Marshland Grange · George Augustus Sala ,[?], uncredited · ss Once a Week November 21 1863 80 · Mrs. M. · [uncredited] · ss All the Year Round August 10 1867 85 · “Tremewen Grange” · [uncredited] · ss Once a Week March 2 1867, as by M. A. 92 · An American Ghost · [uncredited] · ss A Stable for Nightmares, Tinsley Brothers, 1867 109 · Mrs. Brown’s Ghost Story · [uncredited] · ss A Stable for Nightmares, Tinsley Brothers, 1867 115 · The Phantom Fourth · [uncredited] · ss A Stable for Nightmares, Tinsley Brothers, 1867 128 · The Dead Sister · [uncredited] · ss Reynolds’s Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, Science, and Art January 30 1869, as by “A German Physician” 135 · The Tregethan’s Curse: or, The Weird Woman · [uncredited] · ss Bow Bells Annual 1871 153 · An Old Woman’s Story · [uncredited] · ss Bow Bells Novelettes June 28 1871 157 · The Haunted Mill · [uncredited] · ss The London Reader February 14 1874 164 · Stronger Than Death · [uncredited] · ss The Argosy (UK) February 1876, as by E. C. D. 177 · An Extra Passenger · [uncredited] · ss (r) 185 · Faithful Unto Death · [uncredited] · ss The Argosy (UK) January 1887 201 · My Uncle’s Clock · [uncredited] · ss Macmillan’s Magazine January 1888 216 · The Cupboard at Wyncope Manor · [uncredited] · ss Bow Bells Novelettes September 18 1889, as by G. A. E. 221 · A Ghostly Adventure on Exmoor · [uncredited] · ss Belgravia July 1891 229 · The Phantom Picture · [uncredited] · ss The (London) Evening News July 13 1899; subtitled “A Complete Tale”.

The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories: Volume 14 ed. Alastair Gunn (Wimbourne Books, May 25, 2023, 978-1-83826-896-1, £9.99, 338pp, tp, an, cover: [portrait of Ellen Wood] by Joseph Sydney Willis Hodges)     This volume contains stories published in the first half of the Victorian age (1837-1869). 1 · Introduction · Alastair Gunn · in _1 · The Supernatural in Fiction · [uncredited] · ar The Sheffield Independent March 31 1896 20 · The Blind Ghost-Seer · Abraham Elder · ss Tales and Legends of the Isle of Wight by Abraham Elder, Simpkin Marshall, 1839 26 · The Souls of the Drowned · William Henry Farn · ss The Metropolitan Magazine February 1841; subtitled “A Legend of the Sea”. 36 · The Haunted House in Yorkshire · Dudley Costello · ss Ainsworth’s Magazine January 1845 50 · The Watcher · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Dublin University Magazine November 1847, uncredited. 88 · La Femme Noir · Anna Maria Hall · ss Sharpe’s London Magazine November 1848, as “The Dark Lady” 98 · The Ghost of the Late Mr. James Barber · William Henry Wills · ss Household Words #4, April 20 1850, uncredited.; subtitled “A Yarn Ashore”. 106 · The Punishment of Gina Montani · Ellen Wood · ss The New Monthly Magazine December 1851 127 · The Lumber Room · Mary Ann Bird · ss The London Journal March 1851 150 · M. Anastasius · Dinah Maria Mulock · nv Household Words #261, March 24 1855, as “A Ghost Story”, uncredited. 180 · A Night in a Cathedral · William Fulford · ss Oxford and Cambridge Magazine May 1856 190 · The Haunted Ship · Anne Sarah Bushby · ss The New Monthly Magazine June 1857 204 · A Ghost Story · Ada Trevanion · ss Ladies’ Cabinet of Fashion, Music and Romance October 1857 215 · The Lady in the Mirror · George MacDonald · ex from Phantastes, Smith, Elder, 1858 235 · The Girl with the Golden Hair · Eliza Craven Green · ss Le Follet December 1860 242 · The Ghost of Gashleigh Court · George Augustus Sala · ss Temple Bar November 1863 262 · The Story of the House in Garden Reach · Frances Browne · ss Chambers’s Journal Christmas 1864, uncredited. 270 · The Underground Ghost · John Berwick Harwood · ss Chambers’s Journal Christmas 1864, uncredited. 285 · The Spectral Rout · Frances Power Cobbe · nv Shilling Magazine December 1865 307 · No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866 320 · The Scene-Painter’s Wife · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · ss The Belgravia Annual Christmas 1869, as by The Author of “Lady Audley’s Secret”, etc.