The Supernatural in the English Short Story ed. Pamela Search (Bernard Hanison, January 1959, 21/-, 480pp, hc, an)
A representative selection of 21 stories showing the development of the English supernatural short story with an introductoral survey.
- 7 · Introduction · Pamela Search · in
- 21 · The Apparition of Mrs. Veal · Daniel Defoe · ar B. Bragg, 1706, as “A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal the Next Day After Her Death to One Mrs. Bargrave at Canterbury the 8th of September, 1705”, uncredited.
- 25 · Wandering Willie’s Tale · Sir Walter Scott · ex from Redgauntlet, Constable, 1824
- 40 · Green Tea [Martin Hesselius] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv All the Year Round October 23 1869 (+3), uncredited.
- 68 · The Werewolf · Frederick Marryat · ex from The Phantom Ship, Henry Colburn, May 1839
- 86 · 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).
- 107 · The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain · Edward Bulwer-Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859, uncredited.; original version.
- 139 · The Judge’s House · Bram Stoker · nv Holly Leaves December 5 1891
- 155 · Ligeia · Edgar Allan Poe · nv American Museum September 18 1838
- 168 · The Chimes · Charles Dickens · na Chapman & Hall, 1844
- 235 · Markheim · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885
- 249 · The Canterville Ghost · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review February 23 1887 (+1)
- 273 · The Upper Berth · F. Marion Crawford · nv Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885
- 291 · Sambo · William Fryer Harvey · ss Midnight House and Other Tales by William Fryer Harvey, J.M. Dent, 1910
- 297 · How Love Came to Professor Guildea · Robert Hichens · na Pearson’s Magazine October 1897, as “The Man Who Was Beloved”
- 336 · The Rocking-Horse Winner · D. H. Lawrence · ss Harper’s Bazar July 1926
- 350 · The Beckoning Fair One · Oliver Onions · na Widdershins by Oliver Onions, Martin Secker, 1911
- 406 · The Music on the Hill · Saki · ss The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki, John Lane, 1911
- 411 · A Porta Inferi · Roger Pater · nv Mystic Voices by Roger Pater, Burns, Oates & Washbourne, 1923
- 422 · The Yellow Cat · Michael Joseph · ss Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine June 1924
- 431 · The Diary of Mr. Poynter · M. R. James · nv A Thin Ghost by M. R. James, Longmans, Green, 1919
- 440 · The Wendigo · Algernon Blackwood · na The Lost Valley and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1910
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