Famous ghost stories, compiled and with an introductory note
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
The Modern library
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
]1944[
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xi, 361p
SERIES
Series Title
Half - title: The Modern library of the world's best books
NOTES PERTAINING TO TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Text of Note
by Bennett A. Cerf
CONTENTS NOTE
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Contents: .-haunted and the haunters, by Edwards Bulwer Lytton.- The damned thing, by Ambrose Bierce.- The Monkey's paw, by W.W. Jacobs.- The phantom rickshaw, by Rudyard Kipling.- The willows, by Algernon Blackwood.- The rival ghosts, by Brander Matthews.- The man who went too far, by E. F, Benson.- The mezzotint, by M. R. James.- The open window, by Saki.- The beckoning fair one, by Oliver Onions.- On the Brighton road, by Richard Middleton.- The considerate hosts, by Thorp McClusky.- August heat, by W. F. Harvey.- The return of Andrew Bentley, by A. W. Derieth and Mark Schorer. - The supper at Elsinore, by isak Dinesen. - The current crop of ghost stories, by B. A. Cerf