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PREFACE TO THE NEW IMPRESSION

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION

CHAPTER I

THE DOG FANTI

MARK TWAIN’S STORY

THE PIG IN THE DINING-ROOM

THE MIGNONETTE

THE LOST CHEQUE

THE DUCKS’ EGGS

THE LOST KEY

THE LOST SECURITIES

THE ARREARS OF TEIND

THE TWO CURMAS

THE ASSYRIAN PRIEST

THE KNOT IN THE SHUTTER

CHAPTER II

QUEEN MARY’S JEWELS

THE DEATHBED

DREAM OF MR. PERCEVAL’S MURDER

THE RATTLESNAKE

THE RED LAMP

THE SCAR IN THE MOUSTACHE

THE CORAL SPRIGS

THE SATIN SLIPPERS

THE DEAD SHOPMAN

NOTE

CHAPTER III

STORY OF THE DIPLOMATIST {56a}

UNDER THE LAMP

THE COW WITH THE BELL

THE DEATHBED OF LOUIS XIV.

CHAPTER IV

THE OLD FAMILY COACH

RIDING HOME FROM MESS

THE BRIGHT SCAR

THE VISION AND THE PORTRAIT

THE RESTRAINING HAND

THE BENEDICTINE’S VOICES

THE MAN AT THE LIFT

CHAPTER V

THE WRAITH OF THE CZARINA

AN “ASTRAL BODY”

IN TAVISTOCK PLACE {93}

THE WYNYARD WRAITH {95b}

LORD BROUGHAM’S STORY

THE DYING MOTHER {101}

THE VISION OF THE BRIDE

CHAPTER VI

APPEARANCES OF THE DEAD

THE DAEMON OF SPRAITON IN DEVON {111} ANNO 1682

SIR GEORGE VILLIERS’ GHOST.

CAVALIER VERSION {121}

WYNDHAM’S LETTER

LORD LYTTELTON’S GHOST

CHAPTER VII More Ghosts With A Purpose

THE SLAYING OF SERGEANT DAVIES

CONCERNING THE MURDER OF SERGEANT DAVIES

THE GARDENER’S GHOST

THE DOG O’ MAUSE

PETER’S GHOST

CHAPTER VIII

TICONDEROGA

THE BERESFORD GHOST

HALF-PAST ONE O’CLOCK

“PUT OUT THE LIGHT!”

CHAPTER IX

THE CREAKING STAIR

THE GROCER’S COUGH

MY GILLIE’S FATHER’S STORY

THE DREAM THAT KNOCKED AT THE DOOR

THE GIRL IN PINK

THE DOG IN THE HAUNTED ROOM

THE LADY IN BLACK

THE DANCING DEVIL

CHAPTER X Modern Hauntings

THE WESLEY GHOST

LORD ST. VINCENT’S GHOST STORY

CHAPTER XI

MORE HAUNTED HOUSES

HAUNTED MRS. CHANG

THE GREAT AMHERST MYSTERY

DONALD BAN AND THE BOCAN {239b}

THE HYMN OF DONALD BAN

THE DEVIL OF HJALTA-STAD {246}

THE GHOST AT GARPSDAL

CHAPTER XII The Story of Glam. The Foul Fords.

THE STORY OF GLAM

‘THE FOUL FORDS’ OR THE LONGFORMACUS FARRIER

CHAPTER XIII The Marvels at Fródá

THE MARVELS AT FRÓDÁ {273}

CHAPTER XIV

HANDS ALL ROUND

THE COLD HAND

THE BLACK DOG AND THE THUMBLESS HAND

THE GHOST THAT BIT