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THE MODERN LIBRARY

OF THE WORLD'S BEST BOOKS

BEST GHOST STORIES

Introduction by ARTHUR B. REEVE

THE MODERN LIBRARY

PUBLISHERS           ::         ::        NEW YORK

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

THE FASCINATION OF THE GHOST STORY

Arthur B. Reeve

BEST GHOST STORIES

THE APPARITION OF MRS. VEAL

CANON ALBERIC'S SCRAP-BOOK

THE HAUNTED AND THE HAUNTERS

OR,

THE HOUSE AND THE BRAIN

THE SILENT WOMAN[D]

BANSHEES[E]

THE MAN WHO WENT TOO FAR

THE WOMAN'S GHOST STORY[I]

THE PHANTOM 'RICKSHAW

THE RIVAL GHOSTS

THE DAMNED THING

I

II

III

IV

THE INTERVAL[J]

"DEY AIN'T NO GHOSTS"[K]

SOME REAL AMERICAN GHOSTS

THE GIANT GHOST

SOME FAMOUS GHOSTS OF THE NATIONAL CAPITOL

A GENUINE GHOST

THE BAGGAGEMAN'S GHOST

DRUMMERS SEE A SPECTER

DR. FUNK SEES THE SPIRIT OF BEECHER

MYSTERY OF THE COINS

MR. BEECHER APPEASED

MARYLAND GHOSTS

THE GHOST OF PEG ALLEY'S POINT

AN APPARITION AND DEATH

AN IDIOT GHOST WITH BRASS BUTTONS

A MODEL GHOST STORY

A GHOST THAT WILL NOT DOWN

TOM CYPHER'S PHANTOM ENGINE

GHOSTS IN CONNECTICUT

THE SPOOK OF DIAMOND ISLAND

THE GHOST'S FULL HOUSE

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