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Ghosts & Scholars [#21, 1996] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £4.00, 49+xii, A5, cover by Douglas Walters)
This issue includes a 12-page bound-in supplement on Fritz Leiber’s Our Lady of Darkness.

1 · An Interview with John Gordon · Ro Pardoe · iv
6 · M.R. James’s New England Reading · John Howard · ar [M. R. James]
8 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc
10 · The Regulars · David Longhorn · ss
20 · A College Story · Rhys H. Hughes · ss
i · Fritz Leiber’s Our Lady of Darkness Annotations · Ro Pardoe & John Howard · ar [Fritz Leiber]
25 · Another School Story · Mark Nicholls · ss
29 · An Older Inhabitant · Michael Chislett · ss
37 · The Toad in the Study: M.R. James, H.P. Lovecraft and Forbidden Knowledge [Part 2 of 4] · Simon MacCulloch · ar [M. R. James; H. P. Lovecraft]
43 · Reviews · [Various] · br

Ghosts & Scholars [#22, 1996] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £4.00, 61pp, A5, cover by Pat Walsh)

4 · The Walls · Terry Lamsley · ss
14 · Lock Me Out! · Jane Jakeman · ss
18 · Plural · David G. Rowlands · ss
21 · Old Martin · C. E. Ward · ss
31 · Stories I Have Tried to Write: Annotations · Rosemary Pardoe, David Rowlands, John Alfred Taylor & Tina Rath · ms [M. R. James]; notes on the M.R. James article of that title.
35 · J.S. Le Fanu’s ‘Schalken the Painter’: A Portfolio · Douglas Walters · pi [J. Sheridan Le Fanu]
40 · The Toad in the Study: M.R. James, H.P. Lovecraft and Forbidden Knowledge [Part 3 of 4] · Simon MacCulloch · ar [M. R. James; H. P. Lovecraft]
46 · Ghosts & Poets · Jacqueline Simpson · ar [M. R. James]
48 · Joseph Cecil Maby · Richard Dalby · ar [Joseph Cecil Maby]
52 · The Button Molder: A Jamesian Story? · Rosemary Pardoe · ar [Fritz Leiber]
57 · Reviews · [Various] · br
61 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc

Ghosts & Scholars [#23, 1997] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £4.00, 61pp, A5, cover by Douglas Walters)

1 · The Ptolemiac System · David Longhorn · ss
14 · Number 13½ · Rhys H. Hughes · ss
22 · The Hunter and His Quarry · Steve Duffy · ss
35 · Three Padlocks · Jacqueline Simpson · ss
42 · Montague Rhodes James—Cyberpunk? · Andy Sawyer · ar [M. R. James]
43 · Hag’s Nook · Ken Cowley · ar [John Dickson Carr]
44 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc
46 · J. Meade Falkner · Dale J. Nelson · ar [J. Meade Falkner]
49 · Reviews · [Various] · br
54 · The Toad in the Study: M.R. James, H.P. Lovecraft and Forbidden Knowledge [Part 4 of 4] · Simon MacCulloch · ar [M. R. James; H. P. Lovecraft]

Ghosts & Scholars [#24, 1997] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £4.00, 57pp, A5, cover by Pat Walsh)

1 · Jamesian News · Anon. · ms
2 · Reviews · [Various] · br
5 · Meeting Mr. Ketchum · Michael Chislett · ss
17 · The Chapel in the Woods · Katherine Haynes · ss
30 · On Danish Dunes · Jacqueline Simpson · ss
37 · Mystery Solved · Mark Nicholls · ss
45 · James Wilson’s Secret · Rosemary Pardoe & Jane Nicholls · ar [M. R. James]
49 · Dreams of the Good Doctor, by Thomas Ligotti · Rob Grano · br
53 · Jamesian Notes & Queries · [Various] · cl
56 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc

Ghosts & Scholars [#25, 1997] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £4.00, 57pp, A5, cover by Paul Lowe)

1 · The Lake · C. E. Ward · ss
14 · Skirmish · David Longhorn · ss
22 · Don’s Guest · Chico Kidd · ss
32 · The Lane · Geoffrey Warburton · ss
40 · Jamesian Notes & Queries · [Various] · cl
44 · William Fryer Harvey · Richard Dalby · ar [William Fryer Harvey]
49 · Reviews · [Various] · br
51 · Jamesian News · Anon. · ms
52 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc
54 · James Gang Update · Anon. · bi

Ghosts & Scholars [#26, 1998] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £4.00, 57pp, A5, cover by Paul Lowe)

1 · Reviews · [Various] · br
6 · Jackdaw Jack · Christopher Harman · ss
15 · “Where Are the Bones...?” · Jacqueline Simpson · ss
25 · Before Dawn in the Playing Fields · Rhys Hughes · ss [M. R. James]; direct sequel to M.R. James’s “After Dark in the Playing Fields”
30 · Neon · Jane Jakeman · ss
42 · “Or Suggested by Books?”: Some Jamesian touches in the fiction of Ruth Rendell · David Longhorn · ar [Ruth Rendell]
45 · All the Ghosts That Made Me [from The Guide] · Ramsey Campbell · in Edition Phantasia 1994; slightly revised and enlarged.
48 · The Black Pilgrimage · Rosemary Pardoe & Jane Nicholls · ar [M. R. James]
55 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc
56 · Jamesian News · Anon. · ms

Ghosts & Scholars [#27, 1998] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £4.00, 57pp, A5, cover by Douglas Walters)

1 · The Lady of the Flowers · Steve Duffy · ss
14 · The Passing of Merchant Jan · Mark Nicholls · ss
19 · The M.R. James Plaque · Anon. · ms [M. R. James]
20 · Deceased Effects · Michael Chislett · ss
30 · The Befriender · David Longhorn · ss
40 · Ghosts in Medieval Yorkshire · Jacqueline Simpson · ar [M. R. James]
45 · Reviews · [Various] · br
50 · Jamesian Notes & Queries · [Various] · cl
51 · Index to Ghosts & Scholars 16-25 · Anon. · ix
57 · Jamesian News · Anon. · ms

Ghosts & Scholars [#28, 1999] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £4.00, 57pp, A5, cover by Paul Lowe)

1 · The Doorway of St Stephen’s · C. E. Ward · ss
13 · Wailing Wool (or Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to Ewe) · Katherine Haynes · ss
17 · Two Jamesian Clerihews · David Longhorn · pm
18 · Quintinshill · Antony Oldknow · ss
27 · M.R. James’s Headstone: A New Appeal · Anon. · ms [M. R. James]
28 · The Wild Hunt · James Doig · ss
40 · Reviews · [Various] · br
46 · M.R. James and The Testament of Solomon · Rosemary Pardoe · ar [M. R. James]; illustrated by H. J. Ford
48 · Solomon and the Demons · M. R. James · ss Old Testament Legends, Longmans, Green and Co. 1913
54 · The Testament of Solomon · M. R. James · ar Guardian Church Newsletter Mar 15 1899

Ghosts & Scholars [#29, 1999] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £4.00, 57pp, A5, cover by Paul Lowe)

1 · Mathrafal · James Doig · ss
13 · The Peewold Amphisbaena · Kay Fletcher · ss
18 · Another Jamesian Clerihew · David Longhorn · pm
19 · Infernal Combustion · Michael Chislett · ss
30 · A Study in Black and White · Tina Rath · ss
41 · I’ve Seen It: ‘A School Story’ and the House in Berkeley Square · Rosemary Pardoe · ar [M. R. James]
43 · Lost Hearts · Tina Rath · ar [M. R. James]
44 · M.R. James and the novels of J.S. Le Fanu · David Longhorn · ar [M. R. James]
46 · “They’ve Got Him! In the Trees!”: M.R. James and Sylvan Dread · Steve Duffy · ar [M. R. James]
50 · Reviews · [Various] · br
55 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc

Ghosts & Scholars [#30, 2000] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £4.50, 61pp, A5, cover by Paul Lowe)

1 · The Penny Drops [Five Quarters] · Ian Rodwell & Steve Duffy · ss
21 · Picnic at Bluebell Wood · Katherine Haynes · ss
25 · Yet Another Jamesian Clerihew · David Longhorn · pm
26 · Jamesian Notes & Queries · [Various] · cl
28 · Illustrating ‘Number 13’ · Douglas Walters · ar [M. R. James]; illustrated by Douglas Walters
32 · Mr. Humphrey’s Clock’s Inheritance · Rhys Hughes · ss
42 · Not Found Among You · C. E. Ward · ss
53 · Reviews · [Various] · br
59 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc

Ghosts & Scholars [#31, 2000] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £4.50, 57pp, A5, cover by Paul Lowe)

1 · A Better Place · Christopher Harman · ss
13 · The House with No History · Jane Jakeman · ss
23 · Just Hanging Around · John Whitbourn · ss
28 · Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad · Douglas Walters · il
30 · Bones · Mark Nicholls · ss
38 · Jane Ellen Harrison: M.R. James’s Nemesis · Shelley Arlen · ar [Jane Ellen Harrison; M. R. James]
43 · Scrying and the Horse-Demon · Rosemary Pardoe · ar [M. R. James]
46 · Jamesian Notes & Queries · [Various] · cl
49 · Hercules and the Painted Cloth · Rosemary Pardoe · ar [M. R. James]
51 · Reviews · [Various] · br
56 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc
57 · One More Jamesian Clerihew · David Longhorn · pm

Ghosts & Scholars [#32, 2001] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £4.50, 61pp, A5, cover by Paul Lowe)

1 · The Glyphs · David Longhorn · ss
9 · The Particular · C. E. Ward · ss
22 · Findings in a Library · Anthony Wilkins · ss
28 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc
30 · The Residence at Whitminster · Douglas Walters · il
32 · What Goes Down · Don Tumasonis · ss
42 · “No Thoroughfare”: The Problem of Paxton in “A Warning to the Curious” · Mike Pincombe · ar [M. R. James]
47 · Jamesian Notes & Queries · [Various] · cl
49 · The Manuscript of “A Warning to the Curious” · Rosemary Pardoe · ar [M. R. James]
52 · Reviews · [Various] · br

Ghosts & Scholars [#33, 2001] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £4.50, 69pp, A5, cover by Dallas Goffin)

1 · Friends of the Dead · James Doig · ss
12 · Pua Mana (Sea Breeze) · David G. Rowlands · ss
16 · Mr Cheddock Comes to Tea · Katherine Haynes · ss
21 · You’ll Never Walk Alone · Michael Chislett · ss
34 · The Tractate Middoth · Douglas Walters · il
36 · Old as the Hills · Steve Duffy · nv
50 · Who Was Count Magnus? Notes Towards an Identification · Rosemary Pardoe · ar [M. R. James]
53 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc
54 · Jamesian Notes & Queries · [Various] · cl
54 · M.R. James in China · Andy Sawyer · ar [M. R. James]
55 · Voices of the Dead: The Similarities Between “Martin’s Close” and the Trial of Spencer Cowper · Nicholas Connell · ar [M. R. James]
57 · Reviews · [Various] · br
69 · A Disappearance and an Appearance · Rosemary Pardoe · ed

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#1, March 2002] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Chester, U.K.: 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; 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
_18 · “From Haunted Rose Gardens...” by Linda J. Holland-Toll · Rosemary Pardoe · rv
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 (Chester, U.K.: 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 [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 (Chester, U.K.: 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 [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

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