Thirty-one classic ghost stories from the haunting world of M.R. James.

Contents

• Lost Hearts
• The Mezzotint
• The Ash-Tree
• Number 13
• Count Magnus
• "Oh Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad"
• The Treasure of Abbot Thomas
• A School Story
• The Rose Garden
• The Tractate Middoth
• Casting the Runes
• The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral
• Martin's Close
• Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance
• The Residence at Whitminster
• The Diary of Mr Poynter
• An Episode of Cathedral History
• The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance
• Two Doctors
• The Haunted Dolls' House
• The Uncommon Prayer-Book
• A Neighbour's Landmark
• A View from a Hill
• A Warning to the Curious
• An Evening's Entertainment
• There was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard
• Rats
• After Dark in the Playing Fields
• Wailing Well
• Canon Alberic's Scrapbook
• Stories I Have Tried to Write (essay)