Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. (Montague Rhodes) James
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The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral
Martin's Close Mr Humphreys and his Inheritance * * * * * PART 1: GHOST STORIES OF AN ANTIQUARY * * * * * If anyone is curious about my local settings, let it be recorded that St Bertrand de Comminges and Viborg are real places: that in 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You' I had Felixstowe in mind. As for the fragments of ostensible erudition which are scattered about my pages, hardly anything in them is not pure invention; there never was, naturally, any such book as that which I quote in 'The Treasure of Abbot Thomas'. 'Canon Alberic's Scrap-book' was written in 1894 and printed soon after in the _National Review_, 'Lost Hearts' appeared in the _Pall Mall Magazine_; of the next five stories, most of which were read to friends at Christmas-time at King's College, Cambridge, I only recollect that I wrote 'Number 13' in 1899, while 'The Treasure of Abbot Thomas' was composed in the summer of 1904. M. R. JAMES * * * * * CANON ALBERIC'S SCRAP-BOOK St Bertrand de Comminges is a decayed town on the spurs of the Pyrenees, |
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