NOTE ON THE TEXT

The texts of the stories in this volume are faithfully reprinted from the periodicals listed below, except for obvious printer’s errors, which have been silently corrected. Because it was common practice during the Victorian period for a story to appear in one magazine or newspaper then subsequently to be reprinted in others, we are not able to say with certainty whether the dates and publications listed below represent the story’s first appearance or a reprint.

 

“The Ghost of the Cross-Roads”: South London Press, Dec. 23, 1893

“19, Great Hanover Street”: Sheffield Weekly Telegraph, Dec. 24, 1889

“Sir Hugo’s Prayer”: Hampshire Telegraph, Dec. 25, 1897

“Walnut-Tree House”: The Illustrated London News, Dec. 28, 1878

“Haunted Ashchurch”: The Argosy, December 1893

“The Haunted Tree”: Every Week, Jan. 1, 1871

“A Dead Man’s Face”: Stonehaven Journal, Dec. 25, 1884

“The Ghost’s ‘Double’ ”: Windsor Magazine, December 1898

“The Haunted Manor”: The Guardian, Dec. 26, 1885

“The Nameless Village”: Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle (Christmas Supplement), Dec. 19, 1896

“Old Simons’ Ghost!”: The Bridgnorth Journal, Dec. 26, 1896

“Miriam’s Ghost”: Gloucestershire Chronicle, Dec. 25, 1897

“The Vicar’s Ghost”: Express and Advertiser, Dec. 20 and 27, 1890

“The Ghost of the Hollow Field”: Newry Commercial Telegraph,Dec. 25, 1867

“The Wicked Editor’s Christmas Dream”: Tamworth Herald, Dec. 23, 1893

“The Barber’s Ghost”: The Glossop Record, Dec. 25, 1869

“A Spirit Bride”: North Wales Times, Dec. 26, 1896

“The Haunted Oven”: Leeds Times, Dec. 15, 1877

“The Devil’s Own”: Cardiff Times, Nov. 30, 1895

“A Christmas Ghost Story”: Lincolnshire Echo, Dec. 19, 1895