"Ghosts and Family Legends: A Volume for Christmas" by Catherine Crowe. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Оглавление
Catherine Crowe. Ghosts and Family Legends: A Volume for Christmas
Ghosts and Family Legends: A Volume for Christmas
Table of Contents
PREFACE
GHOST STORIES. AND. FAMILY LEGENDS
ROUND THE FIRE. FIRST EVENING
ROUND THE FIRE. SECOND EVENING
ROUND THE FIRE. THIRD EVENING
ROUND THE FIRE. FOURTH EVENING
ROUND THE FIRE. FIFTH EVENING
ROUND THE FIRE. SIXTH EVENING
ROUND THE FIRE. SEVENTH EVENING
ROUND THE FIRE. EIGHTH EVENING
APPENDIX
LETTER I
LETTER II
LETTER III
LETTER IV
SECOND PART
LEGENDS OF THE EARTHBOUND
THE ITALIAN'S STORY
THE DUTCH OFFICER'S STORY
THE OLD FRENCH GENTLEMAN'S STORY
THE SWISS LADY'S STORY
THE SHEEP-FARMER'S STORY
MY FRIEND'S STORY
Отрывок из книги
Catherine Crowe
Published by Good Press, 2021
.....
"Of course, I hurried out, and got into the carriage, telling my friend that the cat was well known to the people at C., and that it was twenty years old.
"In those days, I believe, I never thought of ghosts, and least of all should I have thought of the ghost of a cat; but two evenings afterwards, as we were driving down the lane, I again saw the cat in the same position, and again my companion could not see it, though the groom did. I alighted immediately, and went up to it. As I approached, it turned its head, and looked full towards me with its soft, mild eyes, and a kindly expression, like that of a loving dog; and then, without moving from the post, it began to fade gradually away, as if it were a vapour, till it had quite disappeared. All this the groom saw as well as myself; and now there could be no mistake as to what it was. A third time, I saw it in broad daylight, and my curiosity greatly awakened, I resolved to make further inquiries amongst the inhabitants of C., but before I had an opportunity of doing so, I was summoned away by the death of my eldest child, and I have never been in that part of the world since. However, I once mentioned the circumstance to a lady who was acquainted with that neighbourhood, and she said she had heard of the White Cat of C., but had never seen it.
