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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 [#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



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