than to any other form of literature. But critics will admit the
manifest impossibility of bringing together in one volume all the famous
examples of the art. Some of the well-known tales, particularly the
older ones on which copyright has expired, have been reprinted so often
as to be almost hackneyed, while others have been of necessity omitted
because of the limitations of space.

D.S.

NEW YORK,
March, 1921.




CONTENTS


INTRODUCTION: THE IMPERISHABLE GHOST

THE WILLOWS
BY ALGERNON BLACKWOOD

THE SHADOWS ON THE WALL
BY MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN

THE MESSENGER
BY ROBERT W. CHAMBERS

LAZARUS