A Chamber of Horrors ed. John Hadfield (Studio Vista, October 1965, 36/-, 320pp, hc, an)
A compendium of stories, verse and illustrations. US ed. from Little Brown, 1965. Also includes many quotations which are not indexed below.
- 5 · Introduction · John Hadfield · in
- 15 · I: The Bells of Hell
- 15 · The Book of Job · [uncredited] · ex (r)
- 15 · The Ballad of Reading Gaol · Oscar Wilde · ex Leonard Smithers, February 13 1898, as by C.3.3.
- 15 · The Duchess of Malfi · John Webster · ex Nicholas Okes, 1623, as “The Tragedy of the Dutchesse of Malfy”
- 15 · Macbeth · William Shakespeare · ex Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623
- 16 · Recipe for Villainy · Thomas Middleton · ex from The Witch, 1627
- 17 · Exercise · George Crabbe · pm from The Borough, 1810
- 18 · Hell · John Milton · ex from Paradise Lost, 1667; illustrated by Hieronymous Bosch
- 20 · Satan · John Milton · ex from Paradise Lost, 1667; illustrated by Felicien Rops
- 22 · Innocents’ Song · Charles Causley · pm Johnny Alleluia by Charles Causley, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1961; illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley
- 24 · The Hunted Beast · T. F. Powys · ss The White Paternoster by T. F. Powys, Chatto & Windus, 1930
- 33 · Captain Murderer · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round September 8 1860
- 35 · Tailpiece · Harry Graham · pm from More Ruthless Rhymes, 1930
- 36 · II: Seeds of Destruction
- 36 · The Theogony · Hesiod · ex (r); illustrated by Francisco José Goya y Lucientes
- 39 · The Small Assassin · Ray Bradbury · nv Dime Mystery Magazine November 1946
- 57 · Berenice · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Southern Literary Messenger March 1835; illustrated by Pablo Picasso
- 63 · Mr. Loveday’s Little Outing · Evelyn Waugh · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine May 1935, as “Mr. Crutwell’s Outing”; illustrated by Michael Ayrton
- 70 · Randolf’s Party · John Lennon · vi The Saturday Evening Post March 21 1964
- 72 · Imitation of Things to Come · William Shakespeare · ex from Macbeth, Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623; illustrated by Henry Fuseli
- 75 · The Tender Age · John Collier · ss The New Yorker March 10 1956; illustrated by Hans Bellmer & Paul Klee
- 80 · More Spinned Against · John Wyndham · ss Fantasy Fiction June 1953
- 90 · III: Love and Death
- 90 · untitled (“Madam Life’s a piece in bloom”) · William Ernest Henley · pm 1877
- 90 · The Ballad of Reading Gaol · Oscar Wilde · ex Leonard Smithers, February 13 1898, as by C.3.3.
- 93 · Necessity · Harry Graham · pm from Ruthless Rhymes, 1909; illustrated by René Magritte
- 94 · The Abyss · Leonid Andreyev; translated by John Cournos · ss Treasury of Russian Life and Humor ed. John Cournos, Coward-McCann, 1943
translated from the Russian (“Bezdna”, 1902).
- 106 · A Woman Seldom Found · William Sansom · ss A Contest of Ladies and Other Stories by William Sansom, Hogarth Press, 1956; illustrated by Joan Miró
- 111 · The Monk · M. G. Lewis · ex J. Bell, 1796; illustrated by Victor Brauner
- 116 · Fair Elenor · William Blake · pm Poetical Sketches by William Blake, 1783
- 119 · Porphyria’s Lover · Robert Browning · pm Monthly Repository January 1836, as “Porphyria”
- 121 · At the Draper’s · Thomas Hardy · pm (r)
- 122 · An Actor of Parts · P. S. · ss (r); illustrated by Tomi Ungerer
- 126 · O Amiable Lovely Death · William Shakespeare · ex from The Life and Death of King John, Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623
- 129 · IV: Unquiet Minds
- 129 · The Duchess of Malfi · John Webster · ex Nicholas Okes, 1623, as “The Tragedy of the Dutchesse of Malfy”
- 129 · Absalom and Achitophel · John Dryden · ex 1681
- 129 · The Raven · Edgar Allan Poe · ex New York Evening Mirror January 29 1845
- 129 · untitled (“As I was going up the stair”) · [uncredited] · pm (r)
- 130 · The Spectre-Smitten · Samuel Warren · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine February 1831, uncredited.; illustrated by Honoré Daumier
- 150 · The Valley of Vain Desires · John Addington Symonds · pm from New and Old, 1880
- 152 · The Desire to Be a Man · Villiers de l’Isle-Adam; translated by Hamish Miles · ss Sardonic Tales by Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, tr. Hamish Miles, Knopf, 1927; illustrated by Honoré Daumier
translated from the French (“Le désir d’être un homme”, 1882).
- 160 · Minotaur · Michael Ayrton · pm (r); illustrated by Michael Ayrton
- 163 · The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892; illustrated by Francis Picabia
- 177 · Bianca · Arthur Symons · pm (r)
- 178 · Meeting with a Double · George D. Painter · pm The Road to Sinodun by George D. Painter, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1951; illustrated by Ivan Serpa
- 181 · Drugged · Walter de la Mare · pm (r); illustrated by Paul Wunderlich
- 182 · Miss Cornelius · William Fryer Harvey · ss The Beast with Five Fingers by William F. Harvey, J.M. Dent, 1928
- 198 · Mummy to the Rescue · Angus Wilson · ss Such Darling Dodos and Other Stories by Angus Wilson, Secker & Warburg, 1950; illustrated by Joao Suzuki & Paul Klee
- 205 · A Little Place Off the Edgware Road · Graham Greene · ss Nineteen Stories by Graham Greene, Heinemann, 1947
- 210 · The Horrors of Sleep · Emily Brontë · pm Poems by Emily Brontë, 1846; illustrated by Salvador Dali
- 213 · V: Apparitions
- 213 · The Revelation of St. John the Divine · [uncredited] · ex from The Bible (r)
- 214 · Green Tea [Martin Hesselius] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv All the Year Round October 23 1869 (+3), uncredited.
- 239 · The Upper Berth · F. Marion Crawford · nv Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885
- 255 · William and Mary · Roald Dahl · nv Kiss, Kiss by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1960
- 278 · Skirmish · Clifford D. Simak · ss Amazing Stories December 1950, as “Bathe Your Bearings in Blood!”
- 298 · VI: The Dance of Death
- 298 · The Dance of Death · Charles Baudelaire; translated by Roy Campbell · pm Poems of Baudelaire by Charles Baudelaire, The Harvill Press, 1952; illustrated by Felicien Rops
translated from the French.
- 302 · The Mansions of the Dead · Robert Blair · pm from The Grave, 1743
- 303 · Holy-Day for Ghosts · John Dryden & Nathaniel Lee · pm from Oedipus, Bentley, 1679
- 304 · Thou Shell of Death · Cyril Tourneur · pm from The Revenger’s Tragedy, 1607
- 307 · A Tough Tussle · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner September 30 1888; illustrated by Pieter Bruegel, the Elder
- 314 · The Ultimate Fear · William Shakespeare · pm from Measure for Measure, Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623
- 317 · The Living Death · Oscar Wilde · ex from “The Ballad of Reading Gaol”, as by C.3.3., Leonard Smithers, February 13 1898, as by C.3.3.; illustrated by Vincent Van Gogh
- 318 · Envoi · D. B. Wyndham Lewis · vi (r)
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