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The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#1, March 2002] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £5/$10 per year, 24pp, octavo s/s) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe, David Rowlands & Steve Duffy · ed 4 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl 6 · Notes on the Structure and Ubiquity of Mr. Humphrey’s Maze · Carl Jay Buchanan · ar; on MRJ’s “Mr. Humphrey’s Inheritance”. 12 · Jamesian Notes & Queries · Various · cl _12 · The Man in King William Street · Rosemary Pardoe · ms [Ref. M. R. James]; on a reference in MRJ’s Eton & Kings. _13 · Partial Eclipse of the Provost · David Longhorn · ms; on MRJ’s viewing of an eclipse. _14 · Caroline de Litchfield · Donald Tumasonis · ms; on two MRJ references to an 18th century novel. 15 · Queries _15 · [letter] · Roger Johnson · lt; on MRJ’s “A Warning to the Curious”. _16 · [letter] · Steve Duffy · lt; on MRJ’s “Oh Whistle and I’ll Come to You, My Lad”. _16 · [letter] · Rosemary Pardoe · lt; on MRJ’s “The Five Jars”. 17 · Reviews _17 · The Legacy of M.R. James, ed. by Lynda Dennison · Rosemary Pardoe · br [Ref. Lynda Dennison] _18 · “From Haunted Rose Gardens…” by Linda J. Holland-Toll · Rosemary Pardoe · rv [Ref. Linda J. Holland-Toll] 19 · Index to Ghosts & Scholars, 26-33 · Rosemary Pardoe · ix 24 · Ghosts & Scholars · Rosemary Pardoe · ms; ad for Haunted Library Publications in print.

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#2, September 2002] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £5/$10 per year, 32pp, octavo s/s) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed 3 · Ghosts & Scholars Back Issues · Rosemary Pardoe · ms; ad for Haunted Library Publications in print. 4 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl 5 · Homosexual Panic and the English Ghost Story: M.R. James and Others · Mike Pincombe · ar 14 · “The Fenstanton Witch”: Story Notes · Rosemary Pardoe · ms 19 · Jamesian Notes & Queries · Various · cl _19 · A Source for “Martin’s Close” · Muriel Smith · ar _21 · The Mystery of It All · Rosemary Pardoe · ar; on MRJ’s Auditor and Impressario. 23 · The Spanish Translations of M.R. James’s Ghost Stories · Jorge Abraham Zepeda Cordero · ar 25 · The Night-Raven · Rosemary Pardoe · ar [Ref. M. R. James] from Everlasting Club (apa) mailing 54, on MRJ’s The Rose Garden. 27 · [untitled response to The Night-Raven] · Jacqueline Simpson · ms from Everlasting Club (apa) mailing 55, on MRJ’s The Rose Garden. 28 · [untitled response to The Night-Raven] · F. E. Mackie · ms from Everlasting Club (apa) mailing 55, on MRJ’s The Rose Garden. 29 · Queries _29 · [untitled] · Mark Nicholls · ms; on MRJ’s “After Dark in the Playing Fields”. 30 · MRJ at Auction · Donald Tumasonis · ar 31 · Letters · The Readers · lc _31 · [letter] · David Rowlands · lt _31 · [letter] · David Longhorn · lt _31 · [letter] · Chico Kidd · lt _31 · [letter] · Mark Nicholls · lt _32 · [letter] · Phil Attewell · lt _32 · [letter] · Matthew Banks · lt

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#3, January 2003] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £7/$13 per year, 40pp, octavo s/s) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed 3 · Ghost Stories · M. R. James · ar The Eton Rambler May 18 1880 (+1) 6 · M.R. James, Antiquarian Sleuth: William of Norwich, Thomas of Monmouth and the Blood Libel · Steve Duffy · ar 18 · “A Wonderful Book”: George MacDonald and “The Ash-Tree” · Rosemary Pardoe · ar [Ref. M. R. James & George MacDonald] 22 · “The Experiment”: Story Notes · Rosemary Pardoe · ms 25 · Letters · The Readers · lc _25 · [letter] · Roger Johnson · lt _26 · [letter] · David Rowlands · lt _26 · [letter] · Muriel Smith · lt _27 · [letter] · Alan Hunter · lt _27 · [letter] · Chico Kidd · lt _27 · [letter] · Rick Kennett · lt _28 · [letter] · Richard Leigh · lt _28 · [letter] · Roger Nicholson · lt 29 · Reviews _29 · M.R. James’ A Warning to the Curious (BFI dvd) · Steve Duffy · mr _31 · DVD Extras (of BFI’s A Warning to the Curious) · Laurence Staig · mr _31 · Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories, by M.R. James (2002 OUP edition) · Rosemary Pardoe · br _32 · Great Lifes: M.R. James (BBC Radio broadcast) · Rosemary Pardoe · rv _33 · Schalken the Painter and Other Ghosts Stories, by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (Ash-Tree edition) · David Rowlands · br 35 · Jamesian Notes & Queries · Various · cl _35 · M.R. James: The Final Solution? · E. S. Merganser · fa; proposing Jack the Ripper was MRJ. _37 · More on Mephistopheles · Mike Pincombe · ar _37 · Bain · Rosemary Pardoe · ar; identifying purchaser in 1936 of an MRJ manuscript. 38 · Queries _38 · [letter] · David Rowlands · lt _39 · [letter] · Richard Leigh · lt _39 · [letter] · Jim Murray · lt _39 · [letter] · Ted Peacock · lt

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#4, August 2003] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £7/$13 per year, 40pp, octavo s/s) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed 3 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl 4 · A Mare’s Nest from Missouri · M. R. James · br (r); of The Archko Volume. from The Guardian (church newspaper) March 14, 1900. 11 · “I seen it wive at me out of the winder”: The Window as Threshold in M.R. James’s Stories · Rosemary Pardoe · ar [Ref. M. R. James] expanded from Everlasting Club (apa) mailing 57. 16 · Atmosphere and Crescendo: M.R. James, C.D. Heriot and the Mechanics of the Ghost Story · Tom Mullen · ar 20 · “The Fenaston Withc”: Errors and Omissions · Rosemary Pardoe · ms 25 · Letters · The Readers · lc _25 · [letter] · Michael Chabon · lt _25 · [letter] · Chico Kidd · lt _25 · [letter] · Jacqueline Simpson · lt _26 · [letter] · Muriel Smith · lt _26 · [letter] · Richard Dalby · lt _26 · [letter] · Hugh Lamb · lt _26 · [letter] · David Rowlands · lt _27 · [letter] · Barbara Brown · lt _28 · [letter] · Alan Hunter · lt 29 · Reviews _29 · Tarnhelm: The Best Supernatural Stories of Hugh Walpole · Mike Pincombe · br _31 · The Face, by E.F. Benson, ed. Jack Adrian · David Rowlands · br _32 · The Journals of Mary Butts, ed. Nathalie Blondel · Steve Duffy · br 36 · Jamesian Notes & Queries · Various · cl _36 · A Visit to St. Michan’s, Dublin · Katherine Haynes · ar _37 · “Negotium Perambulans” · Rosemary Pardoe · ar 39 · Queries _39 · [letter] · Michael Wahl · lt _40 · [letter] · Steve Duffy · lt

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#5, February 2004] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £7/$15 per year, 28pp, octavo s/s) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed 3 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl 4 · The Treasure of Steinfeld Abbey: A Visit to the Scene of “The Treasure of Abbot Thomas” · Helen Grant · te 9 · The MRJ Price Index · Don Tumasonis · ar 11 · Jamesian Notes & Queries · Various · cl _11 · Was Ann Clark Pregnant? · Tina Rath · ar; on Martin’s Close. _13 · Hostanes Magus · Rosemary Pardoe · ar [Ref. M. R. James]; on “Mr. Humphreys and His Inheritance”. _15 · M.R. James and Sex · Muriel Smith · ar _16 · Spiders in “The Ash-Tree” · Jacqueline Simpson · ar _18 · The Second Boyhood of Dr. James · David Longhorn · ar; disputing suggestion MRJ was a paedophile. _20 · Follow-ups: George MacDonald · Barbara Brown · ar _21 · Follow-ups: Robert Graves · Rosemary Pardoe · ar 22 · Reviews _22 · The Haunted Baronet and Others: Ghost Stories, by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · David Rowlands · br _22 · Afternoon Play: The House at World’s End (BBC radio) · Roger Johnson · rv 25 · Letters · The Readers · lc _25 · [letter] · Barbara Brown · lt _26 · [letter] · David Rowlands · lt _26 · [letter] · Douglas Walters · lt _27 · [letter] · Mike Pincombe · lt _27 · [letter] · Don Tumasonis · lt _27 · [letter] · Graeme Stevenson · lt _28 · [letter] · Christopher Roden · lt

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#6, September 2004] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £7/$15 per year, 40pp, octavo s/s) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed 3 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl 4 · The Herefordshire of “A View from a Hill” · Rosemary & Darroll Pardoe · ar [Ref. M. R. James] 10 · Hill-Digging and Magic · Augustus Jessopp · ar The Nineteenth Century January 1887 17 · The Nature of the Beast: The Demonology of “Canon Alberic’s Scrap-Book” · Helen Grant · ar 25 · Jamesian Notes & Queries · Various · cl _25 · “Before someone take and put it right again” · Rosemary Pardoe · ar; on “A Neighbor’s Landmark”. _27 · Rats to Mr. Mullen · Eric Bryan · ar; on “Rats” and two non-MRJ stories. _29 · Queries: (untitled) · Rosemary Pardoe · ms; on a poem in A Warning to the Curious, and on A.P. Baker. 32 · Reviews _32 · Otia Imperialia, by Gervase of Tilbury (Banks/Binn tr) · Don Tumasonis · br _35 · Medieval Ghost Stories, ed. Andrew Joynes · Don Tumasonis · br _37 · The Proceedings of That Night, by Lynne Truss (BBC radio) · Rosemary Pardoe · rv 38 · Letters · The Readers · lc _38 · [letter] · Barbara Brown · lt _38 · [letter] · David Rowlands · lt _39 · [letter] · Chico Kidd · lt _39 · [letter] · Don Tomasonis · lt _39 · [letter] · Katherine Haynes · lt

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#7, March 2005] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £7/$17 per year, 44pp, octavo s/s) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed 3 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl 4 · Speaker Lenthall’s Tomb · M. R. James · uw; rough draft, partially published previously in The Fenstanton Witch and Others. 13 · Plan of the Cathedral of St Bertrand de Commings · [uncredited] · il 14 · “He was laughing in the church”: A Visit to St Bertrand de Comminges · Helen Grant · te 23 · The Value of Art and Inanimate Objects in the Ghost Stories of M.R. James · Simon Newman · ar 30 · “The Old Man on the Hill”: Beelzebub in “An Evening’s Entertainment” · Rosemary Pardoe · ar [Ref. M. R. James] 34 · Jamesian Notes & Queries · Various · cl _34 · Just How Wicked Was That “Wicked Young Man”?: A Look at “An Evening’s Entertainment” · Tina Rath · ar _36 · M.R. James Meets The Mummy · Steve Duffy · ar; on possible influence of McBryde illo for “Canon Alberic’s Scrap-Book”. 38 · Letters · The Readers · lc _38 · [letter] · Tom Mullen · lt _38 · [letter] · Jacqueline Simpson · lt _39 · [letter] · Roger Johnson · lt _39 · [letter] · David Rowlands · lt _39 · [letter] · Katherine Haynes · lt _39 · [letter] · Ron Weighell · lt _40 · [letter] · Muriel Smith · lt _40 · [letter] · Steve Andrson · lt _40 · [letter] · Richard Dalby · lt _40 · [letter] · Helen Grant · lt _41 · [letter] · Steve Duffy · lt 43 · Reviews _43 · M.R. James (BBC4 tv documentary) · David Rowlands · mr _43 · A College Mystery, by A.P. Baker · Rosemary Pardoe · br

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#8, September 2005] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £7/$17 per year, 44pp, octavo s/s) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed 3 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl 4 · The Troll and the Christening · M. R. James · ss; a retelling of a Danish legend. 6 · The Antiquarian Background of M.R. James’s Ghost Stories · James Doig · ar 11 · A.P. Baker and a College Mystery · Rosemary Pardoe · ar [Ref. A. P. Baker] 15 · A Warning to the (Urban) Curious: Folklore and Historic Preservation in the Ghost Stories of M.R. James · Steve Winnall · ar 23 · Jamesian Notes & Queries · Various · cl _23 · In Defence of “The Tractate Middoth” · Jacqueline Simpson · ar _25 · In Defence of “The Tractate Middoth” · George Featherston · ar _27 · In Defence of “The Tractate Middoth” · C. E. War · ar _30 · Mithras and the Ghost Story · C. I. Tuckley · ar _32 · “Depositum Custodi”: Wells and Treasure in German Folklore · Helen Grant · ar 35 · Letters · The Readers · lc; now broken up by topic rather than by author. _ · [letter] · John Gordon · lt _ · [letter] · A. Langley Searles · lt _ · [letter] · David Rowlands · lt _ · [letter] · Chico Kidd · lt _ · [letter] · Jacqueline Simpson · lt _ · [letter] · John Howard · lt _ · [letter] · Roger Johnson · lt _ · [letter] · Clive Ward · lt _ · [letter] · Eric Bryan · lt _ · [letter] · Katherine Haynes · lt _ · [letter] · Douglas Walters · lt _ · [letter] · Denise Grushon · lt _ · [letter] · Nick Connell · lt _ · [letter] · Graeme Stevenson · lt _ · [letter] · Roger Nicholson · lt 38 · Reviews _38 · De Nugis Curialium: Couriers’ Trifles, by Walter Map (ed. MRJ) · Rosemary Pardoe · br [Ref. Walter Map] _40 · Sea Mist, by E.F. Benson · David Rowlands · br _41 · Mr. Justice Harbottle and Others: Ghost Stories, by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · Roger Johnson · br

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#9, March 2006] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £8/$20 per year, 20pp, octavo s/s) [] For subscribers, this issue was accompanied by a second pamphlet, Tales from Lectoure, “containing M.R. James’s selections and translations of the strange Gascon folk tales collected by Jean-Francois Blade in the nineteenth century.” I can’t find my copy of this to index just at present. Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed 3 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl 4 · Class War in “Casting the Runes” · Mike Pincombe · ar 9 · Jamesian Notes & Queries · Various · cl _9 · Slightly Cross About “Abbot Thomas” · David Longhorn · ar _10 · A Defence of “The Two Doctors” · Mark Nicolls · ar _11 · Adventures of a Jamesian Detective · Rosemary Pardoe · ar [Ref. M. R. James]; part 1: on identifying recipient of MRJ letter, reprinted from The Everlasting Club (apa) mailing 63. part 2: on identifying recipient of MRJ Christmas card. 14 · Letters · The Readers · lc _ · [letter] · David Rowlands · lt _ · [letter] · Katherine Haynes · lt _ · [letter] · Deborah Dwyer · lt _ · [letter] · Daniel McGachey · lt _ · [letter] · Antonio Monteiro · lt _ · [letter] · Jim Rockhill · lt _ · [letter] · Helen Grant · lt _ · [letter] · Richard Dalby · lt 17 · Reviews _17 · Count Magnus and Other Ghost Stories (ed Joshi) · Rosemary Pardoe · br _19 · Beating the Devil: The Making of Night of the Demon, by Tony Earnshaw · Steve Duffy · br

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#10, September 2006] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £8/$20 per year, 44pp, octavo s/s) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed 3 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl 5 · On Mysticism in Poetry and Art · M. R. James · ar 8 · Some (Further) Remarks on Ghost Stories · Brian J. Showers, Barbara Roden, David G. Rowlands, Stephen Volk, Chico Kidd, Reggie Oliver, Gary McMahon, Jason van Hollander, David Sutton & Joel Lane · sy 15 · The Black Spider: Antecedents of “The Ash-Tree” · Helen Grant · ar 20 · M.R. James and the Vampires · Tina Rath · ar 25 · Two Magicians: Wilsthorpe and Aswarby · Rosemary & Darroll Pardoe · ar [Ref. M. R. James] 27 · Marcilly-le-Hayer · M. R. James · uw; corrected version of previously published fragment. 31 · Jamesian Notes & Queries · Various · cl _31 · Another Link to Alfred Watkins? · Norman Darwen · ar; on MRJ’s possible use of ley lines. _32 · Ghosts in the Trenches? · George R. Featherston · ar; on Jamesian horror in WWI memoirs. _34 · A Note on Miss Mothersole · Rosemary Pardoe · ar _34 · An Eton and King’s Query · Rosemary Pardoe · ar; on a stage magic reference. 35 · Letters · The Readers · lc _ · [letter] · Christopher Roden · lt _ · [letter] · David Rowlands · lt _ · [letter] · Chico Kidd · lt _ · [letter] · Hugh Lamb · lt _ · [letter] · Austin Baker · lt _ · [letter] · Richard Dalby · lt _ · [letter] · Jim Bryant · lt _ · [letter] · David Longhorn · lt _ · [letter] · Tina Rath · lt 40 · Reviews _40 · Eton and Kings (Ash-Tree ed) · David Rowlands · br _41 · A View to a Hill (BBC4 tv) · Daniel McGachey · mr

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#11, March 2007] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £8/$20 per year, 44pp, octavo s/s) [] included with this issue is a folded sheet comprising an entry form for the Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Survey 2007 Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed 3 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl 5 · “The Shadow of the Occupant of Number 13” · Helen Grant · te; tour of town of Viborg, Denmark. 11 · John Humphreys · M. R. James · uw; corrected version of previously published fragment. 21 · The Head of John the Baptist · Jane Harrison · ar Classical Review December 1916 24 · Some Remarks on “The Head of John the Baptist” · M. R. James · ar Classical Review February 1917 28 · Jamesian Notes & Queries · Various · cl _28 · “A View from a Hill”: A Reply · C. E. Ward · ar; on the BBC4 tv adaptation. _32 · “Two Doctors” Revisited · Peter Bell · ar _34 · An Eton and King’s Query: An Answer? · Rosemary Pardoe · ar 35 · Letters · The Readers · lc _ · [letter] · Reggie Oliver · lt _ · [letter] · Daniel McGachey · lt _ · [letter] · David Rowlands · lt _ · [letter] · Katherine Haynes · lt _ · [letter] · Mike Pincombe · lt 36 · Reviews _36 · The Haunted Dolls’ House and Other Ghost Stories, by M.R. James · Rosemary Pardoe · br _38 · A Pleasing Terror: Two Ghost Stories by M.R. James (Robert Lloyd Parry stage production) · Katherine Haynes · th _39 · Literary Walking Tours of Gothic Dublin, by Brian J. Showers · David Rowlands · br 41 · An Index to Issues 1-10 · Rosemary Pardoe · ix

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#12, September 2007] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £8/$20 per year, 48pp, octavo s/s) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed 3 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl 4 · The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Survey 2007: The Results · Rosemary Pardoe · ms 10 · The Game of Bear · M. R. James · vi; corrected version of previously published fragment. 12 · Merfield House · M. R. James · uw; corrected version of previously published fragment. 15 · A Pleasing Company: A Chat with Robert Lloyd Parry · Brian J. Showers · iv 21 · The Sykes Church Bell · Peter Bell · te; tour of Yorkshire Wolds. 29 · Jamesian Notes & Queries · Various · cl _29 · Mr. Poynter’s Pointers · Rafe McGregor · ar; on “The Diary of Mr. Poynter”. _30 · The Problem with Mr. Humphreys · Steve Duffy · ar; on “Mr. Humphreys and His Inheritance”. _33 · Jane Harrison’s “The Head of John the Baptist” · Jacqueline Simpson · ar 35 · Letters · The Readers · lc _ · [letter] · Jacqueline Simpson · lt _ · [letter] · Daniel McGachey · lt _ · [letter] · Chico Kidd · lt _ · [letter] · George Hadjipateras · lt _ · [letter] · Ann Laabs · lt _ · [letter] · Bob Adey · lt _ · [letter] · Gordon Guy · lt _ · [letter] · David Rowlands · lt _ · [letter] · Mark Nicholls · lt _ · [letter] · Mary Mitchell · lt _ · [letter] · John Howard · lt 40 · Reviews _40 · Number 13 (BBC4 tv adaptation) · Daniel McGachey · mr _45 · Rheinische Glasmalerei… (museum exhibition) · Helen Grant · rv _46 · The Complete Ghost Stories of M.R. James, Volume One (audiobook) · Rosemary Pardoe · rv _47 · M.R. James: Tales of the Supernatural, Volume One (audiobook) · Rosemary Pardoe · rv

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#13, March 2008] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £8/$20 per year, 44pp, octavo s/s) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed 3 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl 4 · Forgotten Books · M. R. James · ar 10 · Cambridgeshire and Suffolk: A Perambulation of Two Counties [Part 1 of 2] · Brian J. Showers · te 14 · The Treasure of Batty Thomas · Scott Connors · ar [Ref. Dorothy L. Sayers]; on Jamesian touches in Sayer’s The Nine Tailors. 17 · How Not to Write a Jamesian Ghost Story · David Longhorn · ar 19 · “Lingering Memories of the Treasure”: How the Lost Stained Glass of Steinfeld Was Discovered · Helen Grant · ar 21 · Jamesian Notes & Queries · Various · cl _21 · In Defence of “The Experiment” · Steve Duffy · ar _27 · Spiders—ugh! · Norman Darwen · ar; on “The Ash-Tree”. _28 · Of Rebel Angels, Faeries and Heresies · Peter Bell · ar; on “The Two Doctors”. 30 · Letters · The Readers · lc _ · [letter] · David Rowlands · lt _ · [letter] · Chico Kidd · lt _ · [letter] · Keith Senior · lt _ · [letter] · Deborah Dwyer · lt _ · [letter] · Helen Grant · lt _ · [letter] · Mark Valentine · lt _ · [letter] · Clive Ward · lt _ · [letter] · Charles Dudgeon · lt _ · [letter] · David Harris · lt _ · [letter] · Jacqueline Simpson · lt 34 · Reviews _34 · M.R. James: Tales of the Supernatural, Volumes Two and Three (audiobook) · Rosemary Pardoe · rv _34 · Ghost Stories, Volume One (audiobook) · Rosemary Pardoe · rv _35 · Casting the Runes, Mr. Humphreys and His Inheritance, and A Pleasing Terror (dvds) · Daniel McGachey · rv _41 · The Fabric of Sin, by Phil Rickman · Steve Duffy · br _43 · The Scarifyers—The Nazad Conspiracy (BBC radio) · David Longhorn · rv

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#14, September 2008] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £8/$20 per year, 48pp, octavo s/s) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed 3 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl 4 · Useless Knowledge · M. R. James · ar 12 · Cambridgeshire and Suffolk: A Perambulation of Two Counties [Part 2 of 2] · Brian J. Showers · te 16 · Narrative Voice in the Stories of M.R. James · John Alfred Taylor · ar 23 · M.R. James and George Orwell: Biographical Notes and a Possible Case of Literary Influence · Luke Seaber · ar 29 · Jamesian Notes & Queries · Various · cl _29 · The Mysterious Vampire Story · Richard Dalby · ar; on anon Chambers Repository story, “The Mysterious Stranger”. _30 · In Defense of “The Uncommon Prayer-Book” · George R. Featherston · ar _32 · “God’s revenge”: Sir Matthew Fell and Mrs. Mothersole in “The Ash-Tree” · Norman Darwen · ar _33 · Anthony Boucher · Michael Connolly · ar; on AB’s mentions of MRJ and Jamesian moments in AB stories. 36 · Letters · The Readers · lc _36 · [letter] · David Rowlands · lt _36 · [letter] · Phil Rickman · lt _36 · [letter] · Keith Senior · lt _37 · [letter] · David Longhorn · lt 38 · Reviews _38 · Review of Warnings to the Curious: A Sheaf of Criticism on M.R. James · Brian J. Showers · br _41 · Review of Oh, Whistle…: Two Ghost Stories by M.R. James (Robert Lloyd Parry theatricals) · Roger Johnson · rv _43 · Review of The Complete Ghost Stories of M.R. James, Volume Two (audiobook) · Rosemary Pardoe · rv _44 · Review of A Warning to the Furious (sic; BBC4 radio) · David Longhorn · rv _45 · Review of M.R. James at Christmas (BBC4 radio) · Daniel McGachey · rv

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#15, May 2009] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £8/$20 per year, 52pp, octavo s/s) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. 3 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed 4 · The Game of Bear · M. R. James & Helen Grant · ss completed by Grant from a fragment by James. 12 · The Game of Bear · M. R. James & Jacqueline Simpson · ss completed by Simpson from a fragment by James. 17 · The Game of Bear · M. R. James & C. E. Ward · ss completed by Ward from a fragment by James. 27 · Classical Archetypes in “Lost Hearts” · Steve Duffy · ar 30 · Gaude, Gaude, Domini in Laude · Roger Johnson · te; tours of Jamesian sites in Norwich. 34 · Some (More) Remarks on Ghost Stories · Brian J. Showers, Mark Samuels, Peter Bell, Mark Valentine, Paul Lowe, Adam Golaski, John Gaskin, Simon Strantzas, Steve Duffy & Clive Ward · sy 41 · Jamesian Notes & Queries · Various · cl _41 · How Did Mr. Baxter Find His Roman Villa? · Rosemary Pardoe · ar [Ref. M. R. James]; on “A View from a Hill”. _43 · A Sidelight on R.H. Malden · George R. Featherston · ar _44 · “Blow the Man Down” · Norman Darwen · ar; on “Oh, Whistle and I’ll Come to You, My Lad”. _45 · The Lion’s Birthday · Richard Dalby · ar; on an unrecorded MRJ foreword to a children’s book. _46 · A Note on Durdles · Mike Pincombe · ar; on a rhyme in “A Warning to the Curious”. _46 · More Thoughts on “The Ash-tree” and “Two Doctors” · Tina Rath, C. E. Ward & Keith Senior · sy 48 · Reviews _48 · Review of Ghosts, by the Triple Tree (music inspired by MRJ) · Rosemary Pardoe · rv _49 · Review of The Lost Crown; A Ghost-Hunting Adventure (computer game) · Charles Dudgeon · rv _50 · Review of The Order of Merit: One Hundred Years of Matchless Honour, by Stanley Martin · Richard Dalby · br [Ref. Stanley Martin] 51 · News Snippets · Rosemary Pardoe · ms

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#16, October 2009] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £8/$20 per year, 44pp, octavo s/s) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. 3 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed 5 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl 7 · The Low Man & The Angel of Death · Chico Kidd · ss 16 · “The Experiment” · Hugh Lamb · ar; on his first anthologization of the story. 17 · The Other James Gang: The Far-Flung Family of M.R. James · Mike Ashley · ar; on MRJ’s relatives. 24 · The Lamia and the Screech-Owl: Some Thoughts on “An Episode of Cathedral History” · Peter Bell · ar 30 · Jamesian Notes & Queries · Various · cl _30 · The Three Fortunate Concealments · Rosemary Pardoe · ar [Ref. M. R. James]; on possible Welsh Triad source for “A Warning to the Curious”. _31 · Quod, Quis, Quoi? · Norman Darwen · ar; on ritual actions coming in threes. 33 · Letters · The Readers · lc _33 · [letter] · David Rowlands · lt _33 · [letter] · Chico Kidd · lt _34 · [letter] · Ian Bunting · lt _34 · [letter] · Chris Ward · lt _35 · [letter] · John Hodder · lt _35 · [letter] · Colin Westney · lt 37 · Reviews _37 · Review of Mystery and Imagination (dvd) · Daniel McGachey · rv _39 · Review of The Crown (adaptation of “A Warning to the Curious”) · Daniel McGachey · mr _42 · Review of My Aunt Margaret’s Adventure (story possibly by Le Fanu) · Rosemary Pardoe · br 43 · Guidelines for Contributors · Rosemary Pardoe · ms

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#17, April 2010] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £8/$20 per year, 40pp, octavo s/s) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. 3 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed 3 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl 6 · The Second Master · Mark Valentine · fa 11 · “A School Story”: Coins and Clues · Mike Pincombe · ar 15 · Tea with Monty James, 1916 · Hope Bagenal · mm from Letters to a Niece, 1983 18 · Shane Leslie · Richard Dalby · ar 23 · The Glass Demon: An Interview with Helen Grant · Lalia Merlin · iv [Ref. Helen Grant] 27 · Jamesian Notes & Queries · Various · cl _27 · M.R. James and the “Native of Wisconsin” · Rosemary Pardoe · ar [Ref. M. R. James & August Derleth]; on possible letter from August Derleth to MRJ. _28 · Two Men in the Same Boat? M.R. James and Jerome K. Jerome · Norman Darwen · ar 30 · Letters · The Readers · lc _30 · [letter] · Tony Laverick · lt _30 · [letter] · Mark Valentine · lt _31 · [letter] · David Rowlands · lt _32 · [letter] · Chico Kidd · lt _32 · [letter] · Charles Dudgeon · lt _32 · [letter] · Phil Attewell · lt _32 · [letter] · Ian Bunting · lt 33 · Reviews _33 · Review of Ghost Stories, Volume Two (audiobook) · David Longhorn · rv _34 · Review of A Pleasing Terror: Two Ghost Stories by M.R. James (dvd) · Rosemary Pardoe · rv _35 · Review of A Warning to the Curious (stage performance by Robert Lloyd Parry ) · Peter Bell · th _38 · Review of Ghoul Britannia: Notes from a Haunted Isle, by Andrew Martin · Rosemary Pardoe · br [Ref. Andrew Martin]

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#18, October 2010] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £8/$20 per year, 44pp, octavo s/s) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. 3 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed 3 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl 8 · The Making of the Short Film, The Wailing Wall · Stephen Gray · ar 9 · Merfield Hall · Peter Bell · ss; inspired by MRJ’s fragment. 19 · “Places I Have Tried to Visit”: Marcilly-le-Hayer · Helen Grant · te 24 · Demons, Demons, Demons: In the Montyverse and the Chicoverse, with a little help from the Jossverse · Chico Kidd · ar 33 · Jamesian Notes & Queries · Various · cl _33 · M.R. James and Arthur Machen · Rosemary Pardoe · ar [Ref. M. R. James & Arthur Machen] rev. from The Everlasting Club (apa), 2010. _35 · [untitled comment on “M.R. James and Arthur Machen”] · Antonio Monteiro · ms from The Everlasting Club (apa), 2010. _35 · [untitled comment on “M.R. James and Arthur Machen”] · Peter Bell · ms from The Everlasting Club (apa), 2010. 36 · Letters · The Readers · lc _36 · [letter] · Peter Bell · lt _37 · [letter] · David Rowlands · lt _38 · [letter] · Chico Kidd · lt _39 · [letter] · Daniel McGachey · lt _39 · [letter] · Norman Darwen · lt _39 · [letter] · Michael Connolly · lt 40 · Reviews _40 · Review of The Glass Demon, by Helen Grant · Roger Johnson · br [Ref. Helen Grant] _42 · Review of Uncle Montague’s Tales of Terror, by Chris Priestley · Norman Darwen · br [Ref. Chris Priestley] _42 · Review of The Woodcut, by Paul W. Nash · Brian J. Showers · br [Ref. Paul W. Nash]

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#19, April 2011] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £8/$20 per year, 48pp, octavo s/s, cover by Douglas Walters) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. 3 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed 4 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl 8 · “A Ghostly Company” · Tony Laverick · ms; report of activities of a MRJ society. 9 · Merfield Hall · Christopher Harman · ss; inspired by MRJ’s fragment. 22 · Of an Antiquary: A New Mode for the English Ghost Story · Mark Valentine · ar 25 · The God(s) of “An Evening’s Entertainment” · Rosemary Pardoe · ar [Ref. M. R. James] 38 · Letters · The Readers · lc _28 · [letter] · Clive Ward · lt _29 · [letter] · David Rowlands · lt _30 · [letter] · Chico Kidd · lt _30 · [letter] · Norman Darwen · lt _30 · [letter] · Dennis Lien · lt _31 · [letter] · Richard Dalby · lt 32 · Reviews _32 · Review of Seven Ghosts and One Other, by C. E. Ward · Peter Bell · br [Ref. C. E. Ward] _33 · Review of The Small Hand: A Ghost Story, by Susan Hill · David Harris · br [Ref. Susan Hill] _34 · Review of Rats (directed by Stephen Gray, from Luddite Films) · Daniel McGachey · mr [Ref. Stephen Gray] _36 · Review of A Warning to the Curious (dvd of stage production by Robert Lloyd Parry) · Brian J. Showers · rv [Ref. Robert Lloyd Parry] _37 · Review of Lost Hearts (podcast directed by Julie Hoverson) · Daniel McGachey · rv [Ref. Julie Hoverson] _38 · Review of Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (audiobook from Naxos) · Roger Johnson · rv 40 · Reviews: Special “Whistle and I’ll Come to You” Section (of recent BBC production) _40 · [review] · Daniel McGachey · mr _45 · [review] · Peter Bell · mr _46 · [review] · C. E. Ward · mr

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#20, October 2011] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £8/$20 per year, 40pp, octavo s/s, cover by Douglas Walters) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. 3 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed 3 · Competition · Rosemary Pardoe · ms 5 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl 10 · A Living Night · M. R. James · pm; from an 1888 MRJ letter, first complete publication. 11 · Merfield Hall · M. R. James & C. E. Ward · ss; completed by Ward from a fragment by James. 25 · A Beautiful and Ancient Place: M.R. James on Woodbridge · Mark Valentine · ar 28 · Letters · The Readers · lc (r) _28 · [letter] · Chico Kidd · lt _28 · [letter] · Clive Ward · lt _28 · [letter] · David Rowlands · lt _29 · [letter] · David Sutton · lt _29 · [letter] · Hugh Lamb · lt _30 · [letter] · Phil Attewell · lt 30 · Reviews _30 · Review of M.R. James’ Dark Choices (a five-volume anthology) · Thos. Kent Miller · br [Ref. M. R. James] _35 · Review of The Hole of the Pit, by Adrian Ross, ed. by Richard Dalby · David Harris · br [Ref. Adrian Ross & Richard Dalby] _36 · Review of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu: A Concise Bibliography, by Gary William Crawford and Brian J. Showers · Rosemary Pardoe · br [Ref. Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Gary William Crawford & Brian J. Showers] _37 · Review of Dark Shadows Fall, by Mark Nicolls · Peter Bell · br [Ref. Mark Nicolls]

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#21, April 2012] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £8/$20 per year, 40pp, octavo s/s) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. 3 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed; mostly on upcoming Sarob Press collection of stories from their story competition. 4 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl 8 · Quis Est Iste? · Christopher Harman · ss; the competition winner, a sequel to “Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad”. 18 · “A Decayed Town in the Pyrenees”: M.R. James & St Bertrand de Comminges · Jim Bryant · ar 21 · “Experto Crede”: Dreams in the Ghost Stories of M.R. James · Jacqueline Simpson · ar 25 · Letters · The Readers · lc _25 · [letter] · Jacqueline Simpson · lt _25 · [letter] · Chico Kidd · lt _25 · [letter] · Ian Bunting · lt _26 · [letter] · David Rowlands · lt _26 · [letter] · Donald W. Lee · lt 27 · Reviews _27 · Review of M.R. James’ Collected Ghost Stories (OUP edition) · Rosemary Pardoe · br [Ref. M. R. James] _28 · Review of audiobooks Curious Creatures: The Shorter Horror Stories of M.R. James (and) Two Strange Tales by Lucy M. Boston · David Longhorn · rv [Ref. M. R. James & Lucy M. Boston] _29 · Review of cd album “Who Is This Coming” by the Future Kings of England · Rosemary Pardoe · mr [Ref. M. R. James] _30 · Review of Reflections in a Glass Darkly: Essays on J. Sheridan Le Fanu · Rosemary Pardoe · br [Ref. J. Sheridan Le Fanu] _32 · Review of A Bracelet of Bright Hair by Jane Jakeman · Peter Bell · br [Ref. Jane Jakeman] _34 · Review of In the Night—In the Dark: Tales of Ghosts and Less Welcome Visitors by Roger Johnson · Rosemary Pardoe · br [Ref. Roger Johnson] _36 · Review of Curfew and Other Eerie Tales by Lucy M. Boston · David Harris · br [Ref. Lucy M. Boston] _37 · Review of Dark Matter: A Ghost Story by Michelle Paver · Jacqueline Simpson · br [Ref. Michelle Paver] _37 · Review of Mrs. Midnight, and Other Stories by Reggie Oliver · Roger Johnson · br [Ref. Reggie Oliver]

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#22, October 2012] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £10/$25 per year, 24pp, octavo s/s, cover: [photo] by William J. Bond) [] Subscribers received with this issue a seperate 40 page pamphlet comprising the story “Ex Libris: Lufford” (a sequel to James’ “Casting the Runes”) by Daniel McGachey, with some associated material. Details supplied by Denny Lien. 3 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed 4 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl 8 · “A Crocodile Truly”: The Poet of St. Bertrand de Comminges · Mark Valentine · ar [Ref. E. E. Bilbrough] 10 · Celestial Chess by Thomas Bontly: A Late Review · Thos. Kent Miller · br [Ref. Thomas Bontly] 13 · Reviews _13 · Curious Warnings: The Great Ghost Stories of M.R. James · Rosemary Pardoe · br [Ref. M. R. James] _14 · Shadow Plays, by Reggie Oliver · Peter Bell · br [Ref. Reggie Oliver] _16 · A Certain Slant of Light, by Peter Bell · Rosemary Pardoe · br [Ref. Peter Bell] _18 · Strange Epiphanies, by Peter Bell · David Harris · br [Ref. Peter Bell] _21 · The Scenic Route: Short Film Inspired by “Rats” · Daniel McGachey · mr [Ref. M. R. James] 22 · The Jamesian Traveller: Finding Burnstow · William J. Bond · ar · Ex Libris: Lufford · Daniel McGachey · nv; a sequel to James’ “Casting the Runes” included with subscribers’ copies.

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#23, April 2013] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £10/$25 per year, 48pp, octavo s/s, cover by Alisdair Wood) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. 3 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed; announces a planned sequel to her Ghosts & Scholars Book of Shadows (sequels or prequels to MRJ stories) and solicits contributions. She also includes brief obituaries for Ken Cowley and Alan Hunter. 5 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl; includes acknowledgement of Douglas Anderson’s identification of the source of “The Vampire of Kring.” 10 · Quantum of Darkness · Chico Kidd · ss [Ref. M. R. James]; sequel to MRJ’s “An Episode of Cathedral History.” 23 · Beatrix Paints a Landscape (1884) · Philip Thompson · vi; involves Beatrix Potter meeting a supernatural creature. 24 · Yogh · Mark Valentine · ss; features a new sort of ghost—a deleted letter of the alphabet. 27 · The Jamesian Traveller: Return to Seaburgh · Tom Baynham · ar 32 · Jamesian Notes and Queries _32 · Swastikas and Whistles · Jacqueline Simpson · ar _32 · “My Poor Friend” · David Longhorn · ar _33 · “A Fishy Business”: More on M.R. James and Dorothy L. Sayers · Norman Darwen · ar _34 · Fluttering Draperies: The Fabric of M.R. James · Rosemary Pardoe · ar [Ref. M. R. James] a “slightly revised and expanded” reprint of an article in her Apazine (for The Everlasting Club, mailing 91), Lady Wardrop’s Journal #9. 36 · Letters · The Readers · lc _36 · [letter] · Ray Russell · lt _36 · [letter] · Michael Connolly · lt 39 · Reviews _39 · The Ghosts & Scholars Book of Shadows, ed. by Rosemary Pardoe · Roger Johnson · br [Ref. Rosemary Pardoe] _41 · A Pad in the Straw, by Christopher Woodforde · David Harris · br [Ref. Christopher Woodforde] _42 · A Haunting of Ghosts, by Maynard Sims · Peter Bell · br [Ref. Maynard Sims] _43 · Review of dvd set Ghost Stories for Christmas—The Definitive Collection · Daniel McGachey · rv 47 · Errata · Rosemary Pardoe · ms 48 (bc.) · [photographs] · Tom Baynham · pt

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#24, October 2013] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £10/$25 per year, 40pp, octavo s/s, cover by Alisdair Wood) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. 3 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed; notes she intends to increase amount of fiction published here. 4 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl 7 · News Extra: “The Laws of Shadows” · Adrian Drew · ar; on his play of that name about MRJ’s life. 9 · The Island of One Sheep · Peter Bell · ss 19 · The Answerers · Jane Jakeman · ss 27 · Jamesian Notes and Queries _27 · Secrets of the Tomb: John Blackburn’s Bury Him Darkly · David Longhorn · ar [Ref. John Blackburn]; on Jamesian aspects of the book. _28 · “This Horrible Shapeless Whiteness”: John Masefield and M.R. James · Mark Valentine · ar [Ref. John Masefield & M. R. James] _29 · “I am a little rusty in my Latin” · Charles Dudgeon · ar [Ref. M. R. James]; on MRJ’s “Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad.” 31 · Reviews _31 · Review of The Haunted Dolls’ House · Daniel McGachey · mr; of short film directed by Stephen Gray. _32 · The Alabaster Hand, by A.N.L. Munby · Roger Johnson · br [Ref. A. N. L. Munby]; of Sundial Press edition. _34 · The Sea Change & Other Stories, by Helen Grant · Peter Bell · br [Ref. Helen Grant] _35 · Prospero’s Mirror, by A.N. Donaldson · David Harris · br [Ref. A. N. Donaldson] _36 · Herald of the Hidden and Other Stories, by Mark Valentine · Rosemary Pardoe · br [Ref. Mark Valentine] 39 · Return to Seaburgh: An Addendum · Tom Baynham · ar; illus. with photographs on p40 (the back cover).

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#25, April 2014] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £10/$25 per year, 56pp, octavo s/s, cover by Alisdair Wood) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. 3 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed; announces forthcoming hc, Ghosts & Scholars Book of Shadows II. 4 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl 8 · The Other Man · Mark Nicholls · ss 13 · The Martyrdom of Jeremiah MacBrierty · Derek John · ss 22 · Jamesian Notes & Queries · Various · cl _22 · The Cropton Lane Farm Murders · Rosemary Pardoe · ar; on a true crime case mentioned by James in Eton and King’s. 25 · Letters · The Readers · lc _25 · [letter] · David Rowlands · lt _25 · [letter] · Jacqueline Simpson · lt _26 · [letter] · Jim Rockhill · lt _27 · [letter] · Hugh Lamb · lt 28 · Review Supplement _28 · Review of Schalcken the Painter · Gail-Nina Anderson · rv; of dvd of 1979 BBC television production. _32 · Review of Classic Ghost Stories, by the Master of the Chilling Tale—M.R. James · Daniel McGachey · rv; of dvd compilation of several BBC television productions. _34 · Review of The Ash-Tree, a Ghost Story by M.R. James · David Longhorn · rv [Ref. Robert Lloyd Parry]; of dvd of Robert Lloyd Parry filmed reading/performance. _35 · Review of The Laws of Shadows · Roger Johnson · th [Ref. Adrian Drew]; of October 2013 stage production of play by Adrian Drew. _37 · Review of Postcards to the Curious: Illustrated Works Inspired by the Horror Fictions of M.R. James, by Alisdair Wood · Rosemary Pardoe · rv [Ref. Alisdair Wood] _38 · Review of Seventeen Stories, by Mark Valentine · Rosemary Pardoe · br [Ref. Mark Valentine] _39 · Review of The Heaven Tree & Other Stories, by Christopher Harman · Peter Bell · br [Ref. Christopher Harman] _41 · Review of Flowers of the Sea, by Reggie Oliver · Chico Kidd · br [Ref. Reggie Oliver] _43 · Review of An Emporium of Automata, by D. P. Watt · Rosemary Pardoe · br [Ref. D. P. Watt] 43 · Reviews Extra _43 · Review of The Tractate Middoth · Daniel McGachey · rv; of 2013 BBC2 television production. _47 · Review of The Tractate Middoth · Clive E. Ward · rv; of 2013 BBC2 television production. _50 · Review of M.R. James: Ghost Writer · Daniel McGachey · rv; of 2013 BBC2 television production. _52 · Review of M.R. James: Ghost Writer · Clive E. Ward · rv; of 2013 BBC2 television production. _55 · Reviews of The Tractate Middoth, and of M.R. James: Ghost Writer · Katherine Haynes · rv; of two 2013 BBC2 television productions.

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#26, October 2014] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £10/$25 per year, 44pp, octavo s/s, cover by Alisdair Wood) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. 4 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed 5 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl 9 · Shallabalah · D. P. Watt · ss 14 · The Pepper-Pot · Jacqueline Simpson · ss; sequel to MRJ’s “Count Magnus”. 16 · Abide with Me · Peter Bell · ss 25 · The Tragedy of Mr. Paxton and Mr. Wraxall · Charles Dudgeon · ar; on influence of Greek tragedy on MRJ. 29 · A Plea to Small Press Publishers · Rosemary Pardoe · ms 30 · Jamesian Notes & Queries · Various · cl _30 · West Suffolk Roads · M. R. James · lt (r) from Bury and Norwich Post, and Suffolk Standard, Jan. 17, 1899. _31 · The Cropton Lane Farm Murders Again · Rosemary Pardoe · ar _33 · Two Versions of “The Game of Bear” · Jacqueline Simpson · ar 34 · Reviews _34 · Review of The Christmas Ghost Stories of Lawrence Gordon Clarke, ed. Tony Earnshaw · Daniel McGachey · br [Ref. Lawrence Gordon Clarke & Tony Earnshaw] _37 · Review of Chit-Chat, Cambridge: A Little Society, by Michael Toseland · Reggie Oliver · br [Ref. Michael Toseland] _39 · Review of Summonings, by Ron Weighell · Peter Bell · br [Ref. Ron Weighell] _41 · Review of The Master of the House, by John Gaskin · Bob Mann · br [Ref. John Gaskin] _42 · Review of The Phantasmagorical Imperative and Other Fabrications, by D. P. Watt · Rosemary Pardoe · br [Ref. D. P. Watt]