The Fireside Book of Ghost Stories ed. Edward Wagenknecht (Bobbs-Merrill, 1947, $3.75, xxiii+593pp, hc, an)
An excellent selection of 40 stories, divided into ten sections, by one of the experts in the field.
- xi · Introduction · Edward Wagenknecht · in
- 3 · The Witch of Endor · [uncredited] · ex from The Bible (r); dated 1078 B.C.
- 6 · The House in Athens · Pliny the Younger · ss Library of the World’s Best Mystery and Detective Stories: French: Italian: Spanish: Latin ed. Julian Hawthorne, The Review of Reviews, 1907, as “Letter to Sura”
translated from the Latin (as a letter to Sura, 2nd century AD).
- 8 · The Sandal · Lucian · ex from Dialogues (r); dated c. 150.
- 12 · Murder Will Out · Geoffrey Chaucer · ss The Canterbury Tales by Geoffery Chaucer, William Caxton, 1478, as “The Nun’s Priest’s Tale”
- 14 · Coverly Ghost [Roger de Coverley] · Joseph Addison · vi The Spectator #110, July 6 1711, as “untitled (“At a little distance from Sir Roger’s House, among the Ruins of an old Abby”)”, uncredited.
- 19 · The Southwest Chamber · Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman · na The Wind in the Rose-Bush and Other Stories of the Supernatural by Mary E. Wilkins, Doubleday, 1903, as by Mary E. Wilkins
- 37 · The Room in the Tower · E. F. Benson · ss The Pall Mall Magazine January 1912
- 50 · No. 252 Rue M. le Prince · Ralph Adams Cram · nv Black Spirits and White by Ralph Adams Cram, Stone & Kimball, 1895
- 64 · The Crown Derby Plate · Marjorie Bowen · ss Grace Latouche and the Warringtons by Marjorie Bowen, Selwyn & Blount, 1931
- 76 · Number 13 · M. R. James · ss Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1904
- 92 · Brickett Bottom · Amyas Northcote · ss In Ghostly Company by Amyas Northcote, The Bodley Head, 1921
- 105 · The Curate and the Rake · Margaret Irwin · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine July 1935
- 120 · The Sheraton Mirror · August W. Derleth · ss Weird Tales September 1932
- 131 · They Found My Grave · Joseph Shearing · nv Orange Blossoms by Joseph Shearing, Heinemann, 1938
- 153 · Strangers and Pilgrims · Walter de la Mare · nv Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine April 1936
- 177 · The Corner Shop · Cynthia Asquith · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine September 1926
- 192 · Unto Salvation · Julian Forrest · ss
- 203 · The Song in the House · Ann Bridge · ss The Cornhill Magazine September 1933
- 221 · The Silver Mirror · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine August 1908
- 231 · The Green Scarf · A. M. Burrage · ss The London Magazine August 1926
- 247 · Escort · Daphne du Maurier · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2737, May 1940
- 265 · The Dream Woman · W. Wilkie Collins · nv Temple Bar November 1874 (+1)
revised from “Brother Morgan’s Story of the Dream-Woman” (The Queen of Hearts, Hurst and Blackett, 1859), itself revised from “The Ostler” (Household Words, Christmas 1855).
- 289 · The Avenging of Ann Leete · Marjorie Bowen · ss The New Magazine (UK) December 1923
- 302 · The Jolly Corner · Henry James · nv The English Review December 1908
- 339 · The Ghost in the Chamber · Edward Wagenknecht & Irene E. Bassett · ss
story by Wagenknecht based on a factual account by Mrs. Bassett.
- 348 · Playmates · A. M. Burrage · nv Some Ghost Stories by A. M. Burrage, Cecil Palmer, 1927
- 373 · Courage · Forrest Reid · ss A Garden by the Sea by Forrest Reid, 1918
- 381 · How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery · E. F. Benson · ss The Windsor Magazine December 1911
- 399 · Madam Crowl’s Ghost · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round December 31 1870, uncredited.
- 413 · The Spectre Lovers · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine January 1851, uncredited.
- 425 · Let Me Go · L. A. G. Strong · ss The Strand Magazine December 1946
- 437 · All Souls’ · Edith Wharton · nv Ghosts by Edith Wharton, Appleton-Century, 1937
- 460 · The House in Half Moon Street · Hector Bolitho · nv Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine March 1934 (+1)
- 497 · The Ghosts · Elizabeth Daly · ss The Smart Set September 1908
- 506 · The Unquiet Grave · F. M. Mayor · ss The Room Opposite by F. M. Mayor, Longmans, Green, 1935
- 514 · The Creatures · Walter de la Mare · ss The London Mercury January 1920
- 527 · Added Space · Mary Johnson · ss (r)
- 534 · The Woman in the Way · Oliver Onions · nv Ghosts in Daylight by Oliver Onions, Chapman & Hall, 1924
- 553 · The Past · Ellen Glasgow · nv Good Housekeeping October 1920
- 577 · The Riddle · Walter de la Mare · ss The Monthly Review February 1903
- 582 · My Platonic Sweetheart · Mark Twain · uw Harper’s Monthly Magazine December 1912
originally entitled “The Lost Sweetheart”, written Jul-Aug 1898.
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