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The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#14, September 2008] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Chester, U.K.: Haunted Library, £8/$20 per year, 48pp, octavo s/s) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed 3 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl 4 · Useless Knowledge · M. R. James · ar 12 · Cambridgeshire and Suffolk: A Perambulation of Two Counties [Part 2 of 2] · Brian J. Showers · te 16 · Narrative Voice in the Stories of M.R. James · John Alfred Taylor · ar 23 · M.R. James and George Orwell: Biographical Notes and a Possible Case of Literary Influence · Luke Seaber · ar 29 · Jamesian Notes & Queries · [Various] · cl _29 · The Mysterious Vampire Story · Richard Dalby · ar; on anon Chambers Repository story, “The Mysterious Stranger”. _30 · In Defense of “The Uncommon Prayer-Book” · George R. Featherston · ar _32 · “God’s revenge”: Sir Matthew Fell and Mrs. Mothersole in “The Ash-Tree” · Norman Darwen · ar _33 · Anthony Boucher · Michael Connolly · ar; on AB’s mentions of MRJ and Jamesian moments in AB stories. 36 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc _36 · [letter] · David Rowlands · lt _36 · [letter] · Phil Rickman · lt _36 · [letter] · Keith Senior · lt _37 · [letter] · David Longhorn · lt 38 · Reviews _38 · Review of Warnings to the Curious: A Sheaf of Criticism on M.R. James · Brian J. Showers · br _41 · Review of Oh, Whistle...: Two Ghost Stories by M.R. James (Robert Lloyd Parry theatricals) · Roger Johnson · rv _43 · Review of The Complete Ghost Stories of M.R. James, Volume Two (audiobook) · Rosemary Pardoe · rv _44 · Review of A Warning to the Furious (sic; BBC4 radio) · David Longhorn · rv _45 · Review of M.R. James at Christmas (BBC4 radio) · Daniel McGachey · rv

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#15, May 2009] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Chester, U.K.: Haunted Library, £8/$20 per year, 52pp, octavo s/s) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 3 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed 4 · The Game of Bear · M. R. James & Helen Grant · ss; completed by Grant from a fragment by James. 12 · The Game of Bear · M. R. James & Jacqueline Simpson · ss; completed by Simpson from a fragment by James. 17 · The Game of Bear · M. R. James & C. E. Ward · ss; completed by Ward from a fragment by James. 27 · Classical Archetypes in “Lost Hearts” · Steve Duffy · ar 30 · Gaude, Gaude, Domini in Laude · Roger Johnson · te; tours of Jamesian sites in Norwich. 34 · Some (More) Remarks on Ghost Stories · Brian J. Showers, Mark Samuels, Peter Bell, Mark Valentine, Paul Lowe, Adam Golaski, John Gaskin, Simon Strantzas, Steve Duffy & Clive Ward · sy 41 · Jamesian Notes & Queries · [Various] · cl _41 · How Did Mr. Baxter Find His Roman Villa? · Rosemary Pardoe · ar [M. R. James]; on “A View from a Hill”. _43 · A Sidelight on R.H. Malden · George R. Featherston · ar _44 · “Blow the Man Down” · Norman Darwen · ar; on “Oh, Whistle and I’ll Come to You, My Lad”. _45 · The Lion’s Birthday · Richard Dalby · ar; on an unrecorded MRJ foreword to a children’s book. _46 · A Note on Durdles · Mike Pincombe · ar; on a rhyme in “A Warning to the Curious”. _46 · More Thoughts on “The Ash-tree” and “Two Doctors” · Tina Rath, C. E. Ward & Keith Senior · sy 48 · Reviews _48 · Review of Ghosts, by the Triple Tree (music inspired by MRJ) · Rosemary Pardoe · rv _49 · Review of The Lost Crown; A Ghost-Hunting Adventure (computer game) · Charles Dudgeon · rv _50 · Review of The Order of Merit: One Hundred Years of Matchless Honour, by Stanley Martin · Richard Dalby · br 51 · News Snippets · Rosemary Pardoe · ms

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#16, October 2009] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Chester, U.K.: Haunted Library, £8/$20 per year, 44pp, octavo s/s) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 3 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed 5 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl 7 · The Low Man & The Angel of Death · Chico Kidd · ss 16 · “The Experiment” · Hugh Lamb · ar; on his first anthologization of the story. 17 · The Other James Gang: The Far-Flung Family of M.R. James · Mike Ashley · ar; on MRJ’s relatives. 24 · The Lamia and the Screech-Owl: Some Thoughts on “An Episode of Cathedral History” · Peter Bell · ar 30 · Jamesian Notes & Queries · [Various] · cl _30 · The Three Fortunate Concealments · Rosemary Pardoe · ar [M. R. James]; on possible Welsh Triad source for “A Warning to the Curious”. _31 · Quod, Quis, Quoi? · Norman Darwen · ar; on ritual actions coming in threes. 33 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc _33 · [letter] · David Rowlands · lt _33 · [letter] · Chico Kidd · lt _34 · [letter] · Ian Bunting · lt _34 · [letter] · Chris Ward · lt _35 · [letter] · John Hodder · lt _35 · [letter] · Colin Westney · lt 37 · Reviews _37 · Review of Mystery and Imagination (dvd) · Daniel McGachey · rv _39 · Review of The Crown (adaptation of “A Warning to the Curious”) · Daniel McGachey · mr _42 · Review of My Aunt Margaret’s Adventure (story possibly by Le Fanu) · Rosemary Pardoe · br 43 · Guidelines for Contributors · Rosemary Pardoe · ms

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#17, April 2010] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Chester, U.K.: Haunted Library, £8/$20 per year, 40pp, octavo s/s) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 3 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed 3 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl 6 · The Second Master · Mark Valentine · fa 11 · “A School Story”: Coins and Clues · Mike Pincombe · ar 15 · Tea with Monty James, 1916 [from Letters to a Niece] · Hope Bagenal · mm 1983 18 · Shane Leslie · Richard Dalby · ar 23 · The Glass Demon: An Interview with Helen Grant · Lalia Merlin · iv 27 · Jamesian Notes & Queries · [Various] · cl _27 · M.R. James and the “Native of Wisconsin” · Rosemary Pardoe · ar [M. R. James; August Derleth]; on possible letter from August Derleth to MRJ. _28 · Two Men in the Same Boat? M.R. James and Jerome K. Jerome · Norman Darwen · ar 30 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc _30 · [letter] · Tony Laverick · lt _30 · [letter] · Mark Valentine · lt _31 · [letter] · David Rowlands · lt _32 · [letter] · Chico Kidd · lt _32 · [letter] · Charles Dudgeon · lt _32 · [letter] · Phil Attewell · lt _32 · [letter] · Ian Bunting · lt 33 · Reviews _33 · Review of Ghost Stories, Volume Two (audiobook) · David Longhorn · rv _34 · Review of A Pleasing Terror: Two Ghost Stories by M.R. James (dvd) · Rosemary Pardoe · rv _35 · Review of A Warning to the Curious (stage performance by Robert Lloyd Parry ) · Peter Bell · th _38 · Review of Ghoul Britannia: Notes from a Haunted Isle, by Andrew Martin · Rosemary Pardoe · br

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#18, October 2010] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Chester, U.K.: Haunted Library, £8/$20 per year, 44pp, octavo s/s) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 3 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed 3 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl 8 · The Making of the Short Film, The Wailing Wall · Stephen Gray · ar 9 · Merfield Hall · Peter Bell · ss; inspired by MRJ’s fragment. 19 · “Places I Have Tried to Visit”: Marcilly-le-Hayer · Helen Grant · te 24 · Demons, Demons, Demons: In the Montyverse and the Chicoverse, with a little help from the Jossverse · Chico Kidd · ar 33 · Jamesian Notes & Queries · [Various] · cl _33 · M.R. James and Arthur Machen · Rosemary Pardoe · ar [M. R. James; Arthur Machen]; rev. from The Everlasting Club (apa), 2010. _35 · [untitled comment on “M.R. James and Arthur Machen”] · Antonio Monteiro · ms; from The Everlasting Club (apa), 2010. _35 · [untitled comment on “M.R. James and Arthur Machen”] · Peter Bell · ms; from The Everlasting Club (apa), 2010. 36 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc _36 · [letter] · Peter Bell · lt _37 · [letter] · David Rowlands · lt _38 · [letter] · Chico Kidd · lt _39 · [letter] · Daniel McGachey · lt _39 · [letter] · Norman Darwen · lt _39 · [letter] · Michael Connolly · lt 40 · Reviews _40 · Review of The Glass Demon, by Helen Grant · Roger Johnson · br _42 · Review of Uncle Montague’s Tales of Terror, by Chris Priestley · Norman Darwen · br _42 · Review of The Woodcut, by Paul W. Nash · Brian J. Showers · br

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#19, April 2011] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Chester, U.K.: Haunted Library, £8/$20 per year, 48pp, octavo s/s, cover by Douglas Walters) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 3 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed 4 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl 8 · “A Ghostly Company” · Tony Laverick · ms; report of activities of a MRJ society. 9 · Merfield Hall · Christopher Harman · ss; inspired by MRJ’s fragment. 22 · Of an Antiquary: A New Mode for the English Ghost Story · Mark Valentine · ar 25 · The God(s) of “An Evening’s Entertainment” · Rosemary Pardoe · ar [M. R. James] 38 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc _28 · [letter] · Clive Ward · lt _29 · [letter] · David Rowlands · lt _30 · [letter] · Chico Kidd · lt _30 · [letter] · Norman Darwen · lt _30 · [letter] · Dennis Lien · lt _31 · [letter] · Richard Dalby · lt 32 · Reviews _32 · Review of Seven Ghosts and One Other, by C. E. Ward [C.E. Ward] · Peter Bell · br _33 · Review of The Small Hand: A Ghost Story, by Susan Hill · David Harris · br _34 · Review of Rats (directed by Stephen Gray, from Luddite Films) · Daniel McGachey · mr [Stephen Gray] _36 · Review of A Warning to the Curious (dvd of stage production by Robert Lloyd Parry) · Brian J. Showers · rv _37 · Review of Lost Hearts (podcast directed by Julie Hoverson) · Daniel McGachey · rv _38 · Review of Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (audiobook from Naxos) · Roger Johnson · rv 40 · Reviews: Special “Whistle and I’ll Come to You” Section (of recent BBC production) _40 · [review] · Daniel McGachey · mr _45 · [review] · Peter Bell · mr _46 · [review] · C. E. Ward · mr

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#20, October 2011] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Chester, U.K.: Haunted Library, £8/$20 per year, 40pp, octavo s/s, cover by Douglas Walters) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 3 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed 3 · Competition · Rosemary Pardoe · ms 5 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl 10 · A Living Night · M. R. James · pm; from an 1888 MRJ letter, first complete publication. 11 · Merfield Hall · M. R. James & C. E. Ward · ss; Ward completing MRJ’s fragment. 25 · A Beautiful and Ancient Place: M.R. James on Woodbridge · Mark Valentine · ar 28 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc (r) _28 · [letter] · Chico Kidd · lt _28 · [letter] · Clive Ward · lt _28 · [letter] · David Rowlands · lt _29 · [letter] · David Sutton · lt _29 · [letter] · Hugh Lamb · lt _30 · [letter] · Phil Attewell · lt 30 · Reviews _30 · Review of M.R. James’ Dark Choices (a five-volume anthology) · Thos. Kent Miller · br _35 · Review of The Hole of the Pit, by Adrian Ross, ed. by Richard Dalby · David Harris · br _36 · Review of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu: A Concise Bibliography, by Gary William Crawford and Brian J. Showers · Rosemary Pardoe · br _37 · Review of Dark Shadows Fall, by Mark Nicolls · Peter Bell · br

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#21, April 2012] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Chester, U.K.: Haunted Library, £8/$20 per year, 40pp, octavo s/s) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 3 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed; mostly on upcoming Sarob Press collection of stories from their story competition. 4 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl 8 · Quis Est Iste? · Christopher Harman · ss; the competition winner, a sequel to “Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad”. 18 · “A Decayed Town in the Pyrenees”: M.R. James & St Bertrand de Comminges · Jim Bryant · ar 21 · “Experto Crede”: Dreams in the Ghost Stories of M.R. James · Jacqueline Simpson · ar 25 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc _25 · [letter] · Jacqueline Simpson · lt _25 · [letter] · Chico Kidd · lt _25 · [letter] · Ian Bunting · lt _26 · [letter] · David Rowlands · lt _26 · [letter] · Donald W. Lee · lt 27 · Reviews _27 · Review of M.R. James’ Collected Ghost Stories (OUP edition) · Rosemary Pardoe · br _28 · Review of audiobooks Curious Creatures: The Shorter Horror Stories of M.R. James (and) Two Strange Tales by Lucy M. Boston · David Longhorn · rv _29 · Review of cd album “Who Is This Coming” by the Future Kings of England · Rosemary Pardoe · mr [M. R. James] _30 · Review of Reflections in a Glass Darkly: Essays on J. Sheridan Le Fanu, by J. Sheridan Le Fanu · Rosemary Pardoe · br _32 · Review of A Bracelet of Bright Hair by Jane Jakeman · Peter Bell · br _34 · Review of In the Night—In the Dark: Tales of Ghosts and Less Welcome Visitors by Roger Johnson · Rosemary Pardoe · br _36 · Review of Curfew and Other Eerie Tales by Lucy M. Boston · David Harris · br _37 · Review of Dark Matter: A Ghost Story by Michelle Paver · Jacqueline Simpson · br _37 · Review of Mrs. Midnight, and Other Stories by Reggie Oliver · Roger Johnson · br

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#22, October 2012] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Chester, U.K.: Haunted Library, £10/$25 per year, 24pp, octavo s/s) Subscribers received with this issue a seperate 40 page pamphlet comprising the story “Ex Libris: Lufford” (a sequel to James’ “Casting the Runes”) by Daniel McGachey, with some associated material. Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · [photo] · William J. Bond · cv 3 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed 4 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl 8 · “A Crocodile Truly”: The Poet of St. Bertrand de Comminges · Mark Valentine · ar [E. E. Bilbrough] 10 · Celestial Chess by Thomas Bontly: A Late Review, by Thomas Bontly · Thos. Kent Miller · br 13 · Reviews _13 · Curious Warnings: The Great Ghost Stories of M.R. James, by M.R. James · Rosemary Pardoe · br _14 · Shadow Plays, by Reggie Oliver · Peter Bell · br _16 · A Certain Slant of Light, by Peter Bell · Rosemary Pardoe · br _18 · Strange Epiphanies, by Peter Bell · David Harris · br _21 · The Scenic Route: Short Film Inspired by “Rats” · Daniel McGachey · mr [M. R. James] 22 · The Jamesian Traveller: Finding Burnstow · William J. Bond · ar Ex Libris: Lufford · Daniel McGachey · nv; a sequel to James’ “Casting the Runes” included with subscribers’ copies.

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#23, April 2013] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Chester, U.K.: Haunted Library, £10/$25 per year, 48pp, octavo s/s, cover by Alisdair Wood) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 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 [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 [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 _41 · A Pad in the Straw, by Christopher Woodforde · David Harris · br _42 · A Haunting of Ghosts, by Maynard Sims · Peter Bell · br _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 [#24, October 2013] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Chester, U.K.: Haunted Library, £10/$25 per year, 40pp, octavo s/s, cover by Alisdair Wood) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 3 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed; notes she intends to increase amount of fiction published here. 4 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl 7 · News Extra: “The Laws of Shadows” · Adrian Drew · ar; on his play of that name about MRJ’s life. 9 · The Island of One Sheep · Peter Bell · ss 19 · The Answerers · Jane Jakeman · ss 27 · Jamesian Notes and Queries _27 · Secrets of the Tomb: John Blackburn’s Bury Him Darkly · David Longhorn · ar [John Blackburn]; on Jamesian aspects of the book. _28 · “This Horrible Shapeless Whiteness”: John Masefield and M.R. James · Mark Valentine · ar [John Masefield; M. R. James] _29 · “I am a little rusty in my Latin” · Charles Dudgeon · ar [M. R. James]; on MRJ’s “Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad.” 31 · Reviews _31 · Review of The Haunted Dolls’ House · Daniel McGachey · mr; of short film directed by Stephen Gray. _32 · The Alabaster Hand, by A.N.L. Munby · Roger Johnson · br; of Sundial Press edition. _34 · The Sea Change & Other Stories, by Helen Grant · Peter Bell · br _35 · Prospero’s Mirror, by A.N. Donaldson · David Harris · br _36 · Herald of the Hidden and Other Stories, by Mark Valentine · Rosemary Pardoe · br 39 · Return to Seaburgh: An Addendum · Tom Baynham · ar; illus. with photographs on p40 (the back cover).