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    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) []
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    • 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 [#25, April 2014] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £10/$25 per year, 56pp, octavo s/s, cover by Alisdair Wood) []
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    • 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 [#31, April 2017] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £10 per year, 44pp, octavo s/s, cover: [untitled collage] by Rosemary Pardoe) []
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    • 2 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed
    • 4 · News
    • _4 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl
    • _6 · Articles on M.R. James · Rosemary Pardoe · cl
    • _7 · Other Jamesian Writers · Rosemary Pardoe · cl
    • _8 · Jamesian Podcasts 5 · Rick Kennett · cl
    • 10 · Assizes · C. E. Ward · ss; a sequel to MRJ’s “Martin’s Close”.
    • 23 · The Rare, the Choice and the Curious: A. N. L. Munby’s “The Comte de Marnay” · Mark Valentine · ar [Ref. A. N. L. Munby]; review of bookish (but non-fantastic) story by Munby which appeared in The Book Collector for Spring, 1958.
    • 26 · Mr. Humphries Meets Ann Clark: M.R. James Sightings in Maurice Sandoz’s The Maze · Martin Voracek · ar [Ref. M. R. James & Maurice Sandoz]
    • 32 · Jamesian Notes and Queries
    • _32 · Miss M. H. James, the Author of Bogie Tales of East Anglia · Rosemary Pardoe · ar [Ref. Margaret Helen James]; identifies author of 1891 collection as Margaret Helen James, a cousin of MRJ.
    • _32 · Ghostly Southwold · Peter Bell · ar; recounts ghostly anecdote from Story of Southwold, by M. Janet Becker (1948).
    • _33 · Manly Wade Wellman’s “Chorazin” · Rosemary Pardoe · ar Lady Wardrop’s Journal #1, 2016 [Ref. M. R. James & Manly Wade Wellman]; slightly revised.
    • 35 · Reviews · Various · rc
    • _35 · Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Volume 1: A Graphic Collection of Short Stories. adapted by Leah Moore & John Reppion · Rosemary Pardoe · br
    • _37 · The Ghosts & Scholars Book of Shadows, Volume 3, ed. Rosemary Pardoe · Daniel McGachey · br
    • _40 · Phantasms: Twelve Eerie Tales, by Peter Bell · Roger Johnson · br
    • _41 · Shadows on the Fens: East Anglian Tales of Terror, ed. Wayne Adrian Drew · Rosemary Pardoe · br
    • _42 · Oh Whistle and I’ll Come to You adapted by David Rudkin · Helen Kemp · th; review of 2 December 2016 production by New Perspectives Theatre Company, at St. Peter’s Church, N. Malvern.
    • _43 · The Rats in the Walla and Other Tales · Gordon Wheeldon · th; review of 28 October 2016 production by Bring Out Your Dead Productions of play interpolating material from five works by HPL, MRJ, Poe.
    • bc. · “The Demon Tap, from Collin de Plancy’s Dictionnaire Infernal” · [uncredited] · cv

    Ghosts & Scholars [#40, (March) 2021] ed. Helen Kemp (Haunted Library, £10 per year, 48pp, octavo s/s, cover: M.R. James: An Informal Portrait by Daniel McGachey) []
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    • 3 · Editorial · Helen Kemp · ed
    • 3 · Jamesian News · Helen Kemp · cl
    • 4 · Jamesian Podcasts #13 · Rick Kennett · cl
    • 5 · Lady Wardrop’s Notes · Ro Pardoe · cl; on Jamesian references in the UK tv show Detectorists, and on James’ (slim) acquaintance with Lovecraft’s work.
    • 8 · M.R. James: Towards a New Biography · Darryl Jones · ar
    • 15 · New Discoveries About Translations of M.R. James’s Ghostly Fiction During His Lifetime · Martin Voracek · ar; on early Norse and Italian translations, and background of the Norse translator, Ragnhild Undset.
    • 21 · Cyrus: Product of a Country Clergyman’s Leisure · Peter Bell · ar; on Jamesian elements in various folklore/local history books by UK country clergy.
    • 25 · The Happy Highways · Mark Nicholls · ss
    • 31 · The Manor Ghost · Gail-Nina Anderson · ss
    • 38 · The Laying On of Hands · H. R. Hopcroft · ss
    • 45 · Jamesian Notes & Queries
    • _45 · The Case of the Reverend Mr. Toomey · Charles Dudgeon · ar; seeking identity of “S B T” -- author of that story, from the March 1897 Pall Mall Magazine.
    • 45 · Reviews · Various · rc
    • _45 · Trick of the Light · Brian Lavelle · br [Ref. Andrew Humphrey]
    • _47 · Yellow Glass and Other Ghost Stories · Helen Grant · br [Ref. F. K. Young]
    • bc. · “Good God! a hand like the hand in that picture!” · Daniel McGachey · il
    • · A French Farce: In the Tracks of M.R. James · Jim Bryant · ar [Ref. M. R. James]; a separate 20-page booklet, annotating 1896 letters from MRJ detailing a vacation excursion.

    Ghosts & Scholars [#43, (November) 2022] ed. Helen Grant (Haunted Library, £12 per year, 44pp, octavo s/s, cover: Candles by Jim Pitts) []
    This issue includes a 20 page supplement by Rosemary Pardoe.
    Details supplied by Denny Lien.
    • 3 · Editorial · Helen Grant · ed
    • 3 · Jamesian News · Helen Grant, uncredited · cl
    • 4 · Jamesian Podcasts #16 · Rick Kennett · cl
    • 6 · Lady Wardrop’s Notes · Rosemary Pardoe · cl; on locales/settings in MRJ stories.
    • 9 · Lady Wardrop, 1859 · Carl Lavoie · il
    • 10 · In the Tracks of M.R. James: 6. The Travelling Tutor · Jim Bryant · ar; report of 1885 trip MRJ took as paid companion/tutor to James, Viscount Hamilton.
    • 13 · To the Unclean Spirits · F. K. Young · ss
    • 19 · Knocky Nine Doors · James Longhorn · ss
    • 25 · Notes Toward a History of Frastonare · Steve Duffy · ss; told as series of alleged nonfiction anecdotes about a mysterious Adriatic city; Shelley, Lovecraft, Farnsworth Wright, Crowley etc. are mentioned.
    • 33 · The (Only?) American Reviewers of R.H. Malden’s Nine Ghosts · Michael Connelly · ar [Ref. A. Langley Searles & Harold Wakefield]
    • 34 · Some Thoughts on “A Neighbour’s Landmark” · Gail-Nina Anderson · ar
    • 38 · A Short History of a Book: MRJ’s Copy of Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery · James Doig · ar [Ref. J. Sheridan Le Fanu]
    • 40 · Jamesian Notes and Queries
    • _40 · Newspaper Report on Benson’s House · Nick Connell · ar [Ref. Robert Hugh Benson]
    • _40 · Casting the Runes—A Thought · Helen Grant · ar; on possible influence from a scene in LeFanu’s Wylder’s Hand.
    • 41 · Reviews · Various · rc
    • _41 · The Stranger Diaries · Norman Darwen · br [Ref. Elly Griffiths]
    • _42 · The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea · James Doig · br [Ref. Rick Kennett]
    • bc. · Rats · Jim Pitts · cv
    • · “The Old Man on the Hill”: English Hill Figures in Supernatural Fiction · Rosemary Pardoe · ar; a separate 20-page booklet.

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