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The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#25, April 2014] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Chester, U.K.: Haunted Library, £10/$25 per year, 56pp, octavo s/s, cover by Alisdair Wood) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 3 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed; announces forthcoming hc, Ghosts & Scholars Book of Shadows II. 4 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl 8 · The Other Man · Mark Nicholls · ss 13 · The Martyrdom of Jeremiah MacBrierty · Derek John · ss 22 · Jamesian Notes & Queries · [Various] · cl _22 · The Cropton Lane Farm Murders · Rosemary Pardoe · ar; on a true crime case mentioned by James in Eton and King’s. 25 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc _25 · [letter] · David Rowlands · lt _25 · [letter] · Jacqueline Simpson · lt _26 · [letter] · Jim Rockhill · lt _27 · [letter] · Hugh Lamb · lt 28 · Review Supplement _28 · Review of Schalcken the Painter · Gail-Nina Anderson · rv; of dvd of 1979 BBC television production. _32 · Review of Classic Ghost Stories, by the Master of the Chilling Tale—M.R. James · Daniel McGachey · rv; of dvd compilation of several BBC television productions. _34 · Review of The Ash-Tree, a Ghost Story by M.R. James [Robert Lloyd Parry] · David Longhorn · rv; of dvd of Robert Lloyd Parry filmed reading/performance. _35 · Review of The Laws of Shadows · Roger Johnson · th [Adrian Drew]; of October 2013 stage production of play by Adrian Drew. _37 · Review of Postcards to the Curious: Illustrated Works Inspired by the Horror Fictions of M.R. James, by Alisdair Wood · Rosemary Pardoe · rv _38 · Review of Seventeen Stories, by Mark Valentine · Rosemary Pardoe · br _39 · Review of The Heaven Tree & Other Stories, by Christopher Harman · Peter Bell · br _41 · Review of Flowers of the Sea, by Reggie Oliver · Chico Kidd · br _43 · Review of An Emporium of Automata, by D. P. Watt [D.P. Watt] · Rosemary Pardoe · br 43 · Reviews Extra _43 · Review of The Tractate Middoth · Daniel McGachey · rv; of 2013 BBC2 television production. _47 · Review of The Tractate Middoth · Clive E. Ward · rv; of 2013 BBC2 television production. _50 · Review of M.R. James: Ghost Writer · Daniel McGachey · rv; of 2013 BBC2 television production. _52 · Review of M.R. James: Ghost Writer · Clive E. Ward · rv; of 2013 BBC2 television production. _55 · Reviews of The Tractate Middoth, and of M.R. James: Ghost Writer · Katherine Haynes · rv; of two 2013 BBC2 television productions.

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#26, October 2014] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Chester, U.K.: Haunted Library, £10/$25 per year, 44pp, octavo s/s, cover by Alisdair Wood) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 4 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed 5 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl 9 · Shallabalah · D. P. Watt · ss 14 · The Pepper-Pot · Jacqueline Simpson · ss; sequel to MRJ’s “Count Magnus”. 16 · Abide with Me · Peter Bell · ss 25 · The Tragedy of Mr. Paxton and Mr. Wraxall · Charles Dudgeon · ar; on influence of Greek tragedy on MRJ. 29 · A Plea to Small Press Publishers · Rosemary Pardoe · ms 30 · Jamesian Notes & Queries · [Various] · cl _30 · West Suffolk Roads · M. R. James · lt (r); from Bury and Norwich Post, and Suffolk Standard, Jan. 17, 1899. _31 · The Cropton Lane Farm Murders Again · Rosemary Pardoe · ar _33 · Two Versions of “The Game of Bear” · Jacqueline Simpson · ar 34 · Reviews _34 · Review of The Christmas Ghost Stories of Lawrence Gordon Clarke, ed. Tony Earnshaw · Daniel McGachey · br _37 · Review of Chit-Chat, Cambridge: A Little Society, by Michael Toseland · Reggie Oliver · br _39 · Review of Summonings, by Ron Weighell · Peter Bell · br _41 · Review of The Master of the House, by John Gaskin · Bob Mann · br _42 · Review of The Phantasmagorical Imperative and Other Fabrications, by D. P. Watt [D.P. Watt] · Rosemary Pardoe · br

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#27, April 2015] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Chester, U.K.: Haunted Library, £10 per year, 44pp, octavo s/s) Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · “The Five Jars” · Alaisdair Wood · cv 3 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed 5 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl 7 · Jamesian Podcasts · Rick Kennett · cl 9 · Lorelei · Carole Tyrrell · ss; prequel to MRJ’s “Wailing Well”. 15 · Evening Prayers · Drew Anderson · ss 21 · Shane Leslie’s Memoir of M.R. James · Jim Bryant · ar [Shane Leslie; M. R. James] 23 · Jamesian Notes and Queries _23 · M.R. James and Local Names · Stewart Evans · ar _25 · The Hamilton/Potter Mystery · Mark Valentine · ms _25 · Deus Laudum · John Hodder & Rosemary Pardoe · ar 26 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc _26 · [letter] · David Sutton · lt _26 · [letter] · Peter Bell · lt 27 · Reviews _27 · Review of The Ghosts & Scholars Book of Shadows, vol. 2, ed. Rosemary Pardoe · Daniel McGachey · br _30 · Review of Reminiscences of a Bachelor, by J. S. LeFanu [J.S. LeFanu] · Peter Bell · br _32 · Review of Dreams of Shadows and Smoke: Stories for J.S. LeFanu, ed. Jim Rockhill & Brian J. Showers · Roger Johnson · br _34 · Review of Whistle (episode of “Doctors”) · Daniel McGachey · rv; Review of BBC1 television production of 31 October 2014. _38 · Review of Remember Me · C. E. Ward · rv; Review of three-part BBC1 television production of 23 November to 7 December 2014. _40 · Review of Casting the Runes · Helen Grant · th; Review of Box Tale Soup stage production. 41 · Reviews of Unwritten Books: Hoax Review of The West Door & Other Stories: Mr. Meade Falkner’s Last Tales · Mark Valentine · fa 43 · The Ghost Story Awards: Winners Announcement · Rosemary Pardoe · cn bc. · “The Treasure of Abbot Thomas” · Jim Pitts · il Kadath Fll 1984

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#28, October 2015] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Chester, U.K.: Haunted Library, £10 per year, 40pp, octavo s/s) Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · “The Ash-Tree” · Jim Pitts · cv 3 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed 4 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl 6 · News of Other Jamesian Authors · Rosemary Pardoe · cl 8 · Jamesian Podcasts 2 · Rick Kennett · cl 10 · Ragnarok · Peter Bell · ss 18 · Incident in the Harvest Field · Tina Rath · ss 22 · Editor’s Note · Rosemary Pardoe · as; afterword to Rath’s story. 22 · M.R. James on Radio and Television: Additional Entries and Updates · Daniel McGachey · bi [M. R. James] 27 · M.R. James and the Modern Ghost Story: Two Reports on a One-Day Symposium _27 · Report One [M.R. James] · Helen Grant · rv _29 · Report Two [M.R. James] · Peter Bell · rv 33 · Jamesian Notes and Queries _33 · The Date of “Merfield Hall/House” · Rosemary Pardoe · ar [M. R. James] 34 · Letters _34 · [letter] · Clive Ward · lt _34 · [letter] · Norman Darwen · lt 35 · Reviews _35 · Review of Friends of the Dead, by James Doig · David Harris · br _37 · Review of The Sea of Blood, by Reggie Oliver · Roger Johnson · br 39 · Reviews of Unwritten Books: Hoax Review of Further Disturbances: More Stories of the Supernatural, by L. T. Rolt · Ian Bunting · fa bc. · [photographs] · Peter Bell · pt

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#29, April 2016] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Chester, U.K.: Haunted Library, £10 per year, 44pp, octavo s/s, cover by Rosemary Pardoe) Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · “Because he knows a fearful fiend doth close behind him tread” · Rosemary Pardoe · cv; from “Casting the Runes”. 3 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed 4 · News _4 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl _6 · News of Other Jamesian Authors · Rosemary Pardoe · cl _8 · Jamesian Podcasts 3 · Rick Kennett · cl 10 · Zabulo · Mark Valentine · ss 13 · The Ghost Story Awards: Winners Announcement · Rosemary Pardoe · cn [James Doig] 14 · The Transmutation of Base Metal · Jane Jakeman · ss; sequel to “Lost Hearts”. 20 · Dug Out · David Longhorn · ss; sequel to “A Warning to the Curious”. 26 · Impressions of M.R. James: Shane Leslie’s Memoir, Part 2 · Jim Bryant · ar [Shane Leslie; M. R. James] 29 · The Unseen “Night of the Demon” · Clive Dawson · ar [Charles Bennett]; changes from original screenplay to final movie. 34 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc _34 · [letter] · Gail-Nina Anderson · lt _35 · [letter] · Dennis Lien · lt _35 · [letter] · Clive Ward · lt 36 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _36 · Review of Short Silhouette Films’ dvds of “Count Magnus” & “The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance” · Daniel McGachey · mr _39 · Review of card game set “Monsters & Miscreants: From the World of M.R. James” · Rosemary Pardoe · rv _40 · Review of In the City of Ghosts, by Michael Chislett · Peter Bell · br _41 · Review of Terror Tales of East Anglia (and other anthologies in the series), ed. Paul Finch · Rosemary Pardoe · br 43 · Reviews of Unwritten Books: Hoax Review of The Dead Are Still Angry, by Mary Ann Allen · Ian Bunting · fa [Rosemary Pardoe] bc. · “An Evening’s Entertainment” · Alisdair Wood · il (r); “Postcards to the Curious”.

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#30, October 2016] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £10 per year, 44pp, octavo s/s, cover by Rosemary Pardoe) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 3 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed 4 · News _4 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl _8 · Jamesian Podcasts 4 · Rick Kennett · cl 9 · Haunted Studies: The Ghost Stories of M.R. James: A Conference Report · Helen Kemp · ar A Ghostly Company Newsletter Spr 2016 [M. R. James]; report on a conference held on 19 March 2016 at the Leeds Library, Yorkshire; slightly revised. 10 · Haunted Images: Adapting M.R. James Into Comics · John Reppion · ar [M. R. James] 12 · By No Mortal Hand · Daniel McGachey · ss [M. R. James]; sequel to two MRJ stories: “The Ash Tree” and “The Fenstanton Witch”. 23 · The Gypsy’s Curse · Carole Tyrrell · ss [M. R. James]; prequel to MRJ’s “Martin’s Close”. 29 · “Who Could Damn Hardest”: A Muggletonian Influence Upon “Casting the Runes”? · Mark Valentine · ar [M. R. James] 31 · Ghost Walks: M.R. James and the Casual Tourist · Scott Brewster · ar [M. R. James] 36 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _36 · The Pale Brown Thing · Rosemary Pardoe · br; review of the Swan River Press edition. [Fritz Leiber] _37 · Dissonant Intervals, by Louis Marvick · Peter Bell · br _39 · The Master Ghost-Hunter: A Life of Elliott O’Donnell, by Richard Whittington-Egan · Rosemary Pardoe · br _41 · Malevolent Visitants, by C.E. Ward · David Harris · br 43 · Reviews of Unwritten Books: Hoax Review of Knock, Knock, by Sheila Hodgson · Ian Bunting · fa bc. · “The Demon Volac” · Collin de Plancy · il

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#31, April 2017] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £10 per year, 44pp, octavo s/s) Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · [untitled collage] · Rosemary Pardoe · cv 2 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed 4 · News _4 · News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl _6 · Articles on M.R. James · Rosemary Pardoe · cl _7 · Other Jamesian Writers · Rosemary Pardoe · cl _8 · Jamesian Podcasts 5 · Rick Kennett · cl 10 · Assizes · C. E. Ward · ss; a sequel to MRJ’s “Martin’s Close”. 23 · The Rare, the Choice and the Curious: A. N. L. Munby’s “The Comte de Marnay” · Mark Valentine · ar; review of bookish (but non-fantastic) story by Munby which appeared in The Book Collector for Spring, 1958. [A.N.L. Munby] 26 · Mr. Humphries Meets Ann Clark: M.R. James Sightings in Maurice Sandoz’s The Maze · Martin Voracek · ar [M. R. James; Maurice Sandoz] 32 · Jamesian Notes and Queries _32 · Miss M. H. James, the Author of Bogie Tales of East Anglia · Rosemary Pardoe · ar [Margaret Helen James]; identifies author of 1891 collection as Margaret Helen James, a cousin of MRJ. _32 · Ghostly Southwold · Peter Bell · ar; recounts ghostly anecdote from Story of Southwold, by M. Janet Becker (1948). _33 · Manly Wade Wellman’s “Chorazin” · Rosemary Pardoe · ar Lady Wardrop’s Journal #1 2016 [M. R. James; Manly Wade Wellman]; slightly revised. 35 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _35 · Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Volume 1: A Graphic Collection of Short Stories. adapted by Leah Moore & John Reppion · Rosemary Pardoe · br _37 · The Ghosts & Scholars Book of Shadows, Volume 3, ed. Rosemary Pardoe · Daniel McGachey · br _40 · Phantasms: Twelve Eerie Tales, by Peter Bell · Roger Johnson · br _41 · Shadows on the Fens: East Anglian Tales of Terror, ed. Wayne Adrian Drew · Rosemary Pardoe · br _42 · Oh Whistle and I’ll Come to You adapted by David Rudkin · Helen Kemp · th; review of 2 December 2016 production by New Perspectives Theatre Company, at St. Peter’s Church, N. Malvern. _43 · The Rats in the Walla and Other Tales · Gordon Wheeldon · th; review of 28 October 2016 production by Bring Out Your Dead Productions of play interpolating material from five works by HPL, MRJ, Poe. bc. · “The Demon Tap, from Collin de Plancy’s Dictionnaire Infernal” · Anon. · cv

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#32, October 2017] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £10 per year, 24pp, octavo s/s) mailed with: “Ting-a-Ling-a-Ling,” a “subscriber’s supplement” to issue 32. Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · [untitled collage] · Rosemary Pardoe · cv 3 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed 4 · News _4 · M.R. James News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl _6 · Other Jamesian News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl _8 · Obituaries [Richard Dalby; Robert Hardy] · Rosemary Pardoe · ob _8 · Jamesian Podcasts 6 · Rick Kennett · cl 10 · The Ghost Story: Folk Lore and the Literary Tale [M.R. James] · Lionel Short · iv The Morning Post Oct 9 1923; Pardoe’s intro quotes James letter saying Short conducted the interview; it’s not clear if the original Post printing bylined him or not. 12 · Jamesian Notes and Queries _12 · Christopher Lee on M.R. James · Rosemary Pardoe · ar [M. R. James]; revised from Lady Wardrop’s Journal #38 (Sept 2015 mailing of The Everlasting Club). _13 · The Stele · Peter Bell · ar 15 · Fritz Leiber’s “A Bit of the Dark World” · Rosemary Pardoe · rv Lady Wardrop’s Journal #45 2016; Nov 2016 mailing of The Everlasting Club. 17 · Reviews _17 · Medieval Studies and the Ghost Stories of M.R. James, by Patrick J. Murphy · Peter Bell · br _19 · Terror Tales of Cornwall, ed. Paul Finch · David Harris · br _21 · Remnants: Fenland Horrors & Hauntings, by Robert C. Poyton · Rosemary Pardoe · br 22 · Letters _22 · [letter] · Michael Connolly · lt _23 · [letter] · C. E. Ward · lt 23 · The Ghost Story Awards · [The Editor] · ms; due to minimal response, the proposed awards have been cancelled. bc. · The Demon Marchocias · Collin de Plancy · il (r); from Dictionnaire Infernal, 1818. Ting-a-Ling-a-Ling; 28pp, cover by Daniel McGachey, a “subscriber’s supplement” to issue 32. _4 · Preface: Some Personalia About Dr. Lawrence · Daniel McGachey · ms; introduction to the story proper. _6 · Ting-a-Ling-a-Ling [Dr. C. G. Lawrence] · Daniel McGachey · nv _26 · Afterword: Dr. Lawrence: An Informal Portrait · Daniel McGachey · ms _27 · A Note on the Author [Daniel McGachey] · Anon. · bg

The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter [#33, April 2018] ed. Rosemary Pardoe (Haunted Library, £10 per year, 44pp, octavo s/s) note: while dated “April,” my copy was actually received in mid-March 2018. Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · [untitled collage] · Rosemary Pardoe · cv 3 · Editorial · Rosemary Pardoe · ed 4 · News _4 · M.R. James News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl _6 · Other Jamesian News · Rosemary Pardoe · cl _8 · Jamesian Television? · Rosemary Pardoe · cl; on Jamesian references in BBC comedy series The Detectorists. _9 · Obituaries (John Gordon; Mark E. Smith) · Rosemary Pardoe · ob _9 · Jamesian Podcasts 7 · Rick Kennett · cl 11 · The Whistle Thing · Michael Chislett · ss; a “modern spin” on MRJ’s “Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad”. 21 · Unfinished Business · Mark Nicolls · ss; a sequel to MRJ’s “Lost Hearts”. 28 · The Quest for Karswell: An Enquiry Into Identity (M.R. James; Baron Corvo) · Paul M. Chapman · ar [M. R. James; Baron Corvo]; argues for “Baron Corvo” rather than Aleister Crowley as chief influence on the MRJ character. 34 · Michael Harrison · Rosemary Pardoe · ar [Michael Harrison]; describes three arguably Jamesian stories by Harrison. 37 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _37 · Ghost Stories of an Antiquity, Volume II: A Graphic Collection..., adapted by Leah Moore & John Reppion · Rosemary Pardoe · br _38 · Nine Lessons, by Nicola Upton · Daniel McGachey · br _40 · The White Road, by Ron Weighell (the 2017 revised collection) · Peter Bell · br _42 · Lady Stanhope’s Manuscript and Other Stories, by Dale Nelson · David Harris · br bc. · Cybele’s “Nutcrackers” · Rosemary Pardoe · il