A Century of Ghost Stories ed. Dorothy M. Tomlinson, uncredited (Hutchinson, 1936, 3/6d, 1013pp, hc, an)
Expansion of Fifty Years of Ghost Stories, Hutchinson, 1935. Later reissued as two volumes, Let’s Talk of Graves and Walk in Dread, both Hutchinson, 1970.
- 13 · The Familiar [Martin Hesselius] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv In a Glass Darkly by J. S. Le Fanu, R. Bentley & Son, 1872
revised from “The Watcher”, Dublin University Magazine, November 1847.
- 53 · Green Tea [Martin Hesselius] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv All the Year Round October 23 1869 (+3), uncredited.
- 89 · The Saint and the Vicar · Cecil Binney · ss 50 Years of Ghost Stories, Hutchinson, 1935
- 101 · The Tapestried Chamber · Walter Scott · ss The Keepsake 1829, 1828
- 117 · Gibbet Lane · Sir Anthony Gittins · ss 50 Years of Ghost Stories, Hutchinson, 1935
- 127 · The Old Nurse’s Story · Elizabeth Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas 1852, uncredited.
- 151 · The Residence at Whitminster · M. R. James · nv A Thin Ghost by M. R. James, Longmans, Green, 1919
- 175 · A Warning to the Curious · M. R. James · ss The London Mercury August 1925
- 195 · The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain · Sir Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, Lord Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859, uncredited.
- 235 · The Green Room · Walter de la Mare · nv The Bookman September 1925
- 275 · Eveline’s Visitant · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · ss Belgravia January 1867
- 287 · Afterward · Edith Wharton · nv The Century Magazine January 1910
- 319 · The Middle Toe of the Right Foot · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner August 17 1890
- 331 · Man Overboard! · F. Marion Crawford · nv The Strand Magazine June 1903
- 369 · As in a Glass Dimly · Shane Leslie · ss When Churchyards Yawn ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1931
- 381 · The Lord-in-Waiting · Shane Leslie · ss Shudders ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1929
- 401 · Dracula’s Guest [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914
written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length.
- 415 · Expiation · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine November 1923
- 433 · Pirates · E. F. Benson · nv Hutchinson’s Magazine October 1928
- 453 · The Woman’s Ghost Story · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1907
- 465 · Thurnley Abbey · Perceval Landon · ss McClure’s Magazine October 1908
- 483 · The Rosewood Door · Oliver Onions · na The Painted Face by Oliver Onions, Heinemann, 1929
- 537 · The Virgin of the Seven Daggers · Vernon Lee · nv The English Review January 1909 (+1)
first published in French (“La Madone aux sept glaives”, Feuilleton du journal des débats du Samedi, 1896).
- 565 · The Library Window · Margaret Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1896
- 609 · The Song in the House · Ann Bridge · ss The Cornhill Magazine September 1933
- 629 · The Operation · Violet Hunt · nv Tales of the Uneasy by Violet Hunt, Heinemann, 1911
- 657 · The Sweeper · Ex-Private X · ss Someone in the Room by Ex-Private X, Jarrolds, 1931
- 673 · The Running Tide · Ex-Private X · ss The London Magazine September 1928, as by A. M. Burrage
- 689 · Perez · W. L. George · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1919, as “The Phantom Truth”
- 705 · The Spectre of Tappington · Richard Harris Barham · nv Bentley’s Miscellany February 1837, as by Thomas Ingoldsby
- 733 · The Phantom Coach · Amelia B. Edwards · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1864, as “Another Past Lodger Relates His Own Ghost Story”, uncredited.
- 749 · The Gray Champion · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine January 1835, as by The Author of “The Gentle Boy”
- 757 · Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine April 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion”
- 773 · 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).
- 799 · The Lifted Veil · George Eliot · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine July 1859, uncredited.
- 843 · The Werewolf · Frederick Marryat · ex from The Phantom Ship, Henry Colburn, May 1839
- 865 · The Ghost-Seer · Friedrich von Schiller · ex Verner and Hood, 1795
translated from the German (Der Geisterseher, Thalia, 1786).
- 907 · The Botathen Ghost · R. S. Hawker · ss All the Year Round May 18 1867
- 919 · 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”
- 939 · John Charrington’s Wedding · E. Nesbit · ss Temple Bar September 1891
- 949 · The Klausenburg · Johann Ludwig Tieck; translated by C. A. Feiling · nv Tales from the German ed. John Oxenford & C. A. Feiling, Chapman & Hall, 1844
translated from the German (“Die Klausenburg”, 1837).
- 989 · Berenice · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Southern Literary Messenger March 1835
- 999 · The Haunted Ships · Allan Cunningham · ss The London Magazine November 1821
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