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    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) []
    Details supplied by Denny Lien.
    • 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.

    Giant Detective Annual   (about)
    A one-shot pulp, reprinting 14 stories from a wide variety of other detective pulps.

    • Publishers:
      • Best Books, Inc.; 10 East 40th Street, New York, NY: Giant Detective Annual.

    Giant Manhunt   (about)
    Contained rebound, unsold, issues of Manhunt and other digest crime magazines. Exact contents of any given issue can vary from copy to copy.

    • Publishers:
      • Flying Eagle Publications, Inc.; 545 Fifth Avenue, New York 17, NY: Giant Manhunt.

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