The Ghost Story Omnibus ed. Joseph Lewis French (Dodd, Mead, 1933, $2.00, 365+292pp, hc, an)
A rebinding of Great Ghost Stories and Ghosts, Grim and Gentle with individual page numbers retained.
- v · Foreword · James Hyslop · fw Great Ghost Stories ed. Joseph Lewis French, Dodd, Mead, 1918
- 1 · The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain · Edward Bulwer-Lytton · nv A Strange Story and the Haunted and the Haunters by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1865
revised from Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859 (anonymously) to remove material reused in A Strange Story.
- 38 · The Roll-Call of the Reef · Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch · ss The Idler June 1895, as by Q
- 62 · The Open Door · Mrs. Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine #795, January 1882, uncredited.
- 115 · The Deserted House · E. T. A. Hoffmann · nv Library of the World’s Best Mystery and Detective Stories: German: Russian: Scandinavian ed. Julian Hawthorne, The Review of Reviews, 1907
translated from the German (“Das Öde Haus”, 1817).
- 143 · The Mysterious Sketch · Erckmann-Chatrian · ss Strange Stories by Erckmann-Chatrian, Appleton, 1880
translated from the French (“L’esquisse mystérieuse”, Les Contes Fantastiques, Hachette, 1860).
- 166 · Green Branches · Fiona Macleod · nv The Sin-Eater by Fiona Macleod, Patrick Geddes, 1895
- 187 · The Four-Fifteen Express · Amelia B. Edwards · nv Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1867, 1866
- 221 · The Werewolf · Frederick Marryat · ex from The Phantom Ship, Henry Colburn, May 1839
- 246 · The Withered Arm · Thomas Hardy · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1888
- 281 · Clarimonde · Théophile Gautier · nv (r)
translated from the French (“La Morte Amoureuse”, Chronique de Paris, June 23 & 26, 1836).
- 324 · The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral · M. R. James · nv The Contemporary Review April 1910
- 346 · What Was It? [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1859, uncredited.
- 1 · A Psychical Invasion [John Silence] · Algernon Blackwood · na John Silence by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1908
- 73 · On the Staircase · Katharine Fullerton Gerould · nv Scribner’s Magazine December 1913
- 106 · Maese Pérez, the Organist · Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer · nv Terrible Tales: Spanish, W.W. Gibbings, 1891, uncredited.
translated from the Spanish (“Maese Pérez, el organista (Leyenda sevillana)”, El Contemporaneo, December 1861).
- 123 · The Feast of Redgauntlet · Sir Walter Scott · ex from Redgauntlet, Constable, 1824
- 149 · The Ghost of Fear · H. G. Wells · nv The Idler March 1896, as “The Red Room”
- 163 · The Tall Woman · Pedro de Alarcón · nv (r)
translated from the Spanish (“La mujer alta”, Narraciones inverosímiles, 1881).
- 183 · The Dead Valley · Ralph Adams Cram · ss Black Spirits and White by Ralph Adams Cram, Stone & Kimball, 1895
- 196 · The Tractate Middoth · M. R. James · ss More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1911
- 220 · The Ghost Ship · Richard Middleton · ss The Century Magazine April 1912
- 234 · The Canterville Ghost · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review February 23 1887 (+1)
- 273 · The Middle Toe of the Right Foot · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner August 17 1890
- 285 · On the River · Guy de Maupassant · ss Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the French (“En Canot”, Le Bulletin Francais, March 10, 1876).
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