Famous Psychic and Ghost Stories ed. J. Walker McSpadden (Blue Ribbon, February 1938, 98¢, 302+305pp, hc, om)
omnibus of Famous Ghost Stories and Famous Psychic Stories. Reprinted in 1976 by Books for Libraries Press.
- ix · Introduction · J. Walker McSpadden · in Famous Psychic Stories ed. J. Walker McSpadden, Crowell, 1920
- 1 · The White Old Maid · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine July 1835, as “The Old Maid in the Winding-Sheet” by The Author of “The Gray Champion”
- 17 · The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review December 1845
- 33 · 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).
- 65 · The Open Door · Mrs. Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine #795, January 1882, uncredited.
- 121 · The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral · M. R. James · nv The Contemporary Review April 1910
- 143 · The Man Who Went Too Far · E. F. Benson · nv The Pall Mall Magazine June 1904
- 177 · Moxon’s Master · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 16 1899, as “A Night at Moxon’s”
- 193 · The Beast with Five Fingers · W. F. Harvey · nv The New Decameron, Volume the First, Blackwell, 1919; original version.
- 235 · From the Loom of the Dead · Elia W. Peattie · ss The Shape of Fear and Other Ghostly Tales by Elia W. Peattie, Macmillan US, 1898
- 245 · The Ghoul · Evangeline W. Blashfield · ss The Atlantic Monthly August 1912
- 269 · The Shadows on the Wall · Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman · ss Everybody’s Magazine March 1903
- 293 · The Widow’s Mite · Isaac K. Funk · ss from The Widow’s Mite and Other Psychic Phenomena, Funk & Wagnalls, 1904
- 1 · A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal · Daniel Defoe · ar B. Bragg, 1706, uncredited.
- 15 · The Tapestried Chamber · Sir Walter Scott · ss The Keepsake 1829, 1828
- 39 · The Old Nurse’s Story · Mrs. Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas 1852, uncredited.
- 73 · The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain · Edward Bulwer-Lytton · nv A Strange Story and the Haunted and the Haunters by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1865
revised from Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859 (anonymously) to remove material reused in A Strange Story.
- 109 · The Werewolf · Frederick Marryat · ex from The Phantom Ship, Henry Colburn, May 1839; erroneously credited to H. B. Marryat.
- 135 · What Was It? [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1859, uncredited.
- 157 · The Gray Champion · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine January 1835, as by The Author of “The Gentle Boy”
- 169 · The Storm Ship · Washington Irving · nv from “Dolph Heyliger”, as by Geoffrey Crayon, Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists by Geoffrey Crayon, John Murray, 1822, as by Geoffrey Crayon
- 179 · The Lady with the Velvet Collar · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller by Geoffrey Crayon & Gent., John Murray, 1824, as “The Adventure of the German Student” by Geoffrey Crayon
- 189 · Ligeia · Edgar Allan Poe · nv American Museum September 18 1838
- 213 · Ms. Found in a Bottle · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Baltimore Saturday Visitor October 19 1833
- 229 · The Phantom ’Rickshaw · Rudyard Kipling · nv Quartette Christmas 1885
- 263 · To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, uncredited.
- 281 · The Bagman’s Story · Charles Dickens · ss The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens, Chapman & Hall, 1837, as “The Ghosts of the Mail”
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