A Thin Ghost and Others

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A Thin Ghost and Others (1919)
by Montague Rhodes James

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1918583A Thin Ghost and Others1919Montague Rhodes James

A THIN GHOST
AND OTHERS

BY
MONTAGUE RHODES JAMES, Litt.D.
PROVOST OF ETON COLLEGE
Author of "Ghost Stories of an Antiquary," "More Ghost Stories," etc

NEW YORK
LONGMANS, GREEN & CO.
LONDON: EDWARD ARNOLD
1919
(All rights reserved)

PREFACE

TWO of these stories, the third and fourth, have appeared in print in the Cambridge Review, and I wish to thank the proprietor for permitting me to republish them here.

I have had my doubts about the wisdom of publishing a third set of tales; sequels are, not only proverbially but actually, very hazardous things. However, the tales make no pretence but to amuse, and my friends have not seldom asked for the publication. So not a great deal is risked, perhaps, and perhaps also some one's Christmas may be the cheerfuller for a storybook which, I think, only once mentions the war.

Contents
		Page
THE RESIDENCE AT WHITMINSTER		1
THE DIARY OF MR. POYNTER		49
AN EPISODE OF CATHEDRAL HISTORY		73
THE STORY OF A DISAPPEARANCE AND AN APPEARANCE		107
TWO DOCTORS		135

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.

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