CONTENTS

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Introduction—"The Fascination of the Ghost Story"Arthur B. Reeve[vii]
The Apparition of Mrs. VealDaniel De Foe[3]
Canon Alberic's Scrap-BookMontague Rhodes James[18]
The Haunted and the HauntersEdward Bulwer-Lytton[31]
The Silent WomanLeopold Kompert[60]
Banshees[79]
The Man Who Went Too FarE.F. Benson[85]
The Woman's Ghost StoryAlgernon Blackwood[108]
The Phantom RickshawRudyard Kipling[118]
The Rival GhostsBrander Matthews[141]
The Damned ThingAmbrose Bierce[160]
The IntervalVincent O'Sullivan[170]
Dey Ain't No GhostsEllis Parker Butler[177]
Some Real American Ghosts[188]

INTRODUCTION

THE FASCINATION OF THE GHOST
STORY