The Book of Dreams and Ghosts

About this eBook

Author

Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912

Credits

Transcribed by David Price

Language

English

LoC Class

BF: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Psychology, Philosophy, Psychoanalysis

Subject

Ghosts

Category

Text

eBook-No.

12621

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12621

Release Date

June 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.The Book of Dreams and Ghosts, by Andrew Lang — THE BOOK OF DREAMS AND GHOSTS
3. 3.PREFACE TO THE NEW IMPRESSION
4. 4.PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
5. 5.CHAPTER I — THE DOG FANTI — MARK TWAIN’S STORY — THE PIG IN THE DINING-ROOM — THE MIGNONETTE — THE LOST CHEQUE — THE DUCKS’ EGGS — THE LOST KEY — THE LOST SECURITIES — THE ARREARS OF TEIND — THE TWO CURMAS — THE ASSYRIAN PRIEST — THE KNOT IN THE SHUTTER
6. 6.CHAPTER II — QUEEN MARY’S JEWELS — THE DEATHBED — DREAM OF MR. PERCEVAL’S MURDER — THE RATTLESNAKE — THE RED LAMP — THE SCAR IN THE MOUSTACHE — THE CORAL SPRIGS — THE SATIN SLIPPERS — THE DEAD SHOPMAN — NOTE
7. 7.CHAPTER III — STORY OF THE DIPLOMATIST {56a} — UNDER THE LAMP — THE COW WITH THE BELL — THE DEATHBED OF LOUIS XIV.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV — THE OLD FAMILY COACH — RIDING HOME FROM MESS — THE BRIGHT SCAR — THE VISION AND THE PORTRAIT — THE RESTRAINING HAND — THE BENEDICTINE’S VOICES — THE MAN AT THE LIFT
9. 9.CHAPTER V — THE WRAITH OF THE CZARINA — AN “ASTRAL BODY” — IN TAVISTOCK PLACE {93} — THE WYNYARD WRAITH {95b} — LORD BROUGHAM’S STORY — THE DYING MOTHER {101} — THE VISION OF THE BRIDE
10. 10.CHAPTER VI — APPEARANCES OF THE DEAD — THE DAEMON OF SPRAITON IN DEVON {111} ANNO 1682 — SIR GEORGE VILLIERS’ GHOST. — CAVALIER VERSION {121} — WYNDHAM’S LETTER — LORD LYTTELTON’S GHOST
11. 11.CHAPTER VII More Ghosts With A Purpose — THE SLAYING OF SERGEANT DAVIES — CONCERNING THE MURDER OF SERGEANT DAVIES — THE GARDENER’S GHOST — THE DOG O’ MAUSE — PETER’S GHOST
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII — TICONDEROGA — THE BERESFORD GHOST — HALF-PAST ONE O’CLOCK — “PUT OUT THE LIGHT!”
13. 13.CHAPTER IX — THE CREAKING STAIR — THE GROCER’S COUGH — MY GILLIE’S FATHER’S STORY — THE DREAM THAT KNOCKED AT THE DOOR — THE GIRL IN PINK — THE DOG IN THE HAUNTED ROOM — THE LADY IN BLACK — THE DANCING DEVIL
14. 14.CHAPTER X Modern Hauntings — THE WESLEY GHOST — LORD ST. VINCENT’S GHOST STORY
15. 15.CHAPTER XI — MORE HAUNTED HOUSES — HAUNTED MRS. CHANG — THE GREAT AMHERST MYSTERY — DONALD BAN AND THE BOCAN {239b} — THE HYMN OF DONALD BAN — THE DEVIL OF HJALTA-STAD {246} — THE GHOST AT GARPSDAL
16. 16.CHAPTER XII The Story of Glam. The Foul Fords. — THE STORY OF GLAM — ‘THE FOUL FORDS’ OR THE LONGFORMACUS FARRIER
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII The Marvels at Fródá — THE MARVELS AT FRÓDÁ {273}
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV — HANDS ALL ROUND — THE COLD HAND — THE BLACK DOG AND THE THUMBLESS HAND — THE GHOST THAT BIT
19. 19.Footnotes:

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