Victorian Ghost Stories: An Oxford Anthology ed. Michael Cox & R. A. Gilbert (Oxford University Press, October 17, 1991, 0-19-214202-X, £16.95, 497pp, hc, an, cover: Old Lane by Moonlight by Atkinson Grimshaw)
Anthology of 35 ghost stories from 1850 to 1910, with an introductory background article and an extensive survey of the main ghost story collections of the period. This is a worldwide edition available in the U.S. for $24.95.
- ix · Introduction · Michael Cox & R. A. Gilbert · in
- 1 · The Old Nurse’s Story · Elizabeth Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas 1852, uncredited.
- 19 · An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine December 1853, uncredited.
- 37 · The Miniature · J. Y. Akerman · ss Bentley’s Miscellany April 1844, as by Paul Pindar
- 44 · The Last House in C— Street · Dinah Maria Mulock · ss Fraser’s Magazine October 1856, uncredited.
- 55 · To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, uncredited.
- 65 · The Botathen Ghost · R. S. Hawker · ss All the Year Round May 18 1867
- 74 · The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth · Rhoda Broughton · ss Temple Bar February 1868
- 83 · The Romance of Certain Old Clothes · Henry James · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1868, uncredited.
- 100 · Pichon & Sons, of the Croix Rousse · [uncredited] · nv A Stable for Nightmares, Tinsley Brothers, 1867
- 115 · Reality or Delusion? [Johnny Ludlow] · Mrs. Henry Wood · ss The Argosy (UK) December 1868, as by Johnny Ludlow
- 130 · Uncle Cornelius His Story · George MacDonald · ss St. Paul’s Magazine January 1869
- 150 · The Shadow of a Shade · Tom Hood · ss Bow Bells Christmas 1869
- 163 · At Chrighton Abbey · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · nv Belgravia May 1871, uncredited.
- 190 · No Living Voice · Thomas Street Millington · ss Temple Bar April 1872, uncredited.
- 198 · Miss Jéromette and the Clergyman · Wilkie Collins · nv Canadian Monthly August 1875 (+1), as “The Clergyman’s Confession”
- 218 · The Story of Clifford House · [uncredited] · nv The Mistletoe Bough 1878
- 239 · Was It an Illusion? · Amelia B. Edwards · ss Arrowsmith’s Annual Christmas 1881
- 256 · The Open Door · Charlotte Riddell · nv Weird Stories by Mrs. J. H. Riddell, Chatto & Windus, 1882
- 283 · The Captain of the “Pole-Star” · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Temple Bar January 1883
- 303 · The Body-Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Pall Mall Gazette Christmas 1884
- 319 · The Story of the Rippling Train · Mary Louisa Molesworth · ss Longman’s Magazine October 1887
- 328 · At the End of the Passage · Rudyard Kipling · ss Boston Herald July 20 1890
- 346 · “To Let” · Mrs. B. M. Croker · ss London Society Christmas 1890
- 360 · John Charrington’s Wedding · Edith Nesbit · ss Temple Bar September 1891
- 367 · The Haunted Organist of Hurly Burly · Rosa Mulholland · ss All the Year Round November 10 1866, uncredited.
- 379 · The Man of Science · Jerome K. Jerome · ex from Novel Notes, Leadenhall Press, 1893
- 385 · Canon Alberic’s Scrap Book · M. R. James · ss National Review March 1895, as “The Scrap-Book of Canon Alberic”
- 396 · Jerry Bundler · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Windsor Magazine December 1897
- 403 · An Eddy on the Floor · Bernard Capes · nv At a Winter’s Fire by Bernard Capes, C. Arthur Pearson, 1899
- 431 · The Tomb of Sarah · F. G. Loring · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1900
- 442 · The Case of Vincent Pyrwhit · Barry Pain · ss Black & White May 7 1898
- 445 · The Shadows on the Wall · Mary E. Wilkins · ss Everybody’s Magazine March 1903, as by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
- 459 · Father Macclesfield’s Tale · Robert Hugh Benson · ss A Mirror of Shalott by R. H. Benson, Pitman, 1907
- 466 · Thurnley Abbey · Perceval Landon · ss McClure’s Magazine October 1908
- 480 · The Kit-Bag · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1908
- 490 · Sources · Michael Cox & R. A. Gilbert · bi
- 493 · Select Chronological Conspectus of Ghost Stories, 1840-1910 · Michael Cox & R. A. Gilbert · bi
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