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• ix • Introduction (Dread and Delight: A Century of Children's Ghost Stories) • (1995) • essay by Philippa Pearce
• 1 • A School Story • (1911) • shortstory by M. R. James
• 7 • Out of the Sea • (1904) • shortstory by A. C. Benson
• 18 • Manfred's Three Wishes • (1910) • shortstory by H. F. W. Tatham
• 23 • The Light in the Dormitory • (1921) • shortstory by W. J. Wintle [as by William J. Wintle ]
• 32 • Miss Jemima • (1923) • novelette by Walter de la Mare
• 52 • Johnny Double • (1928) • shortstory by Arthur Machen
• 58 • Elsie Piddock Skips in her Sleep • (1928) • shortstory by Eleanor Farjeon
• 70 • The Tiger-Skin Rug • (1933) • shortstory by L. M. Boston [as by Lucy Boston ]
• 84 • Elisabeth the Cow Ghost • (1936) • shortstory by William Pène du Bois
• 87 • Georgie • (1944) • shortfiction by Robert Bright
• 89 • All in the Night's Work • (1947) • shortstory by David Severn
• 96 • Richard • (1952) • shortstory by Christopher Woodforde
• 102 • The Wee Ghostie • (1962) • shortstory by Alison Uttley
• 106 • The Haunted Trailer • (1942) • novelette by Robert Arthur (variant of Death Thumbs a Ride)
• 122 • The House That Lacked a Bogle • (1964) • shortstory by Sorche Nic Leodhas
• 128 • The January Queen • (1966) • shortstory by Pamela Ropner
• 138 • Brownie • (1970) • shortstory by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
• 151 • The Ghost of Top Wood • (1975) • shortstory by Michael Kenyon
• 155 • The Old White Ghost and the Old Grey Granddad • (1975) • shortstory by Dorothy Edwards
• 159 • Looking for a Ghost • (1975) • shortstory by Margaret Mahy
• 164 • At the River-Gates • (1977) • shortstory by Philippa Pearce
• 170 • Somebody Lives in the Nobody House • (1978) • shortstory by Ruth Park
• 180 • The Ghostly Goat of Glaramara • (1979) • shortstory by J. S. Leatherbarrow
• 188 • She Was Afraid of Upstairs • (1980) • shortstory by Joan Aiken
• 195 • The Extinguished Lights • (1980) • shortstory by Isaac Bashevis Singer
• 200 • Who's a Pretty Boy, Then? • (1981) • shortstory by Jan Mark
• 208 • Uninvited Ghosts • (1981) • shortstory by Penelope Lively
• 213 • The Bride • (1982) • shortstory by Farrukh Dhondy
• 223 • Ivor • (1984) • shortstory by George Mackay Brown
• 233 • Siren Song • (1984) • shortstory by Vivien Alcock
• 237 • The Tower • (1987) • shortstory by Aidan Chambers
• 251 • The Guitarist • (1984) • shortstory by Grace Hallworth
• 253 • A Grave Misunderstanding • (1987) • shortstory by Leon Garfield
• 255 • Ghost Trouble • (1989) • shortstory by Ruskin Bond
• 265 • Spirits of the Railway • (1987) • shortstory by Paul Yee
• 269 • Many Happy Returns! • (1990) • shortstory by Barbara Griffiths
• 275 • The Beach • (1990) • shortstory by Robert Westall
• 285 • Across the Fields • (1991) • novelette by Susan Price
• 301 • The Clearing • (1993) • shortstory by Tim Wynne-Jones
• 312 • The Burning Baby • (1992) • shortstory by John Gordon
• 325 • Biographical Notes (Dread and Delight: A Century of Children's Ghost Stories) • (1995) • essay by uncredited
• 346 • Acknowledgements (Dread and Delight: A Century of Children's Ghost Stories) • (1995) • essay by uncredited

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