THE SHAPE OF FEAR

AND OTHER GHOSTLY TALES

By Elia Wilkinson Peattie

Original Transcriber's Note:

I have omitted signature indicators and italicization of the
running heads. In addition, I have made the following changes
to the text:
PAGE LINE ORIGINAL CHANGED TO
156 1 where as were as
156 4 mouth mouth.
165 5 Wedgwood Wedgewood
166 9 Wedgwood Wedgewood
167 6 surperfluous superfluous
172 11 every ever
173 17 Bogg Boggs

Contents

[ THE SHAPE OF FEAR ] [ ON THE NORTHERN ICE ] [ THEIR DEAR LITTLE GHOST ] [ A SPECTRAL COLLIE ] [ THE HOUSE THAT WAS NOT ] [ STORY OF AN OBSTINATE CORPSE ] [ A CHILD OF THE RAIN ] [ THE ROOM OF THE EVIL THOUGHT ] [ STORY OF THE VANISHING PATIENT ] [ THE PIANO NEXT DOOR ] [ AN ASTRAL ONION ] [ FROM THE LOOM OF THE DEAD ] [ A GRAMMATICAL GHOST ]