• Publication: Ghost Stories: Collected with a Particular View to Counteract the Vulgar Belief in Ghosts and ApparitionsPublication Record # 413953
• Editor: uncredited
• Date: 1865-00-00
• Publisher: James Miller
• Pages: 192
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: ANTHOLOGY
• Notes: The full text and images of this edition are available at Google Books.
• External IDs:
  • Bleiler Supernatural: 689
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 66085239

Contents (view Concise Listing)

•  Ghost Stories: Collected with a Particular View to Counteract the Vulgar Belief in Ghosts and Apparitions • (1846) • interior artwork by Felix Octavius Carr Darley [as by F. O. C. Darley]
• 5 • Introduction (Ghost Stories: Collected with a Particular View to Counteract the Vulgar Belief in Ghosts and Apparitions) • (1846) • essay by uncredited
• 7 • The Cold Hand • (1846) • short story by uncredited
• 12 • The Harvard College Ghost • (1846) • short story by uncredited
• 15 • The Ghost of Larneville • (1823) • short story by uncredited (variant of The Ghost Discovered 1818)
• 20 • A London Ghost • (1823) • short story by Samuel Christoph Wagener (trans. of Die spukhafte Auferstehung von den Todten. Keine Rückkehr gebundener Lebenskraft. 1799) [as by uncredited]
• 23 • The Deserter's Ghost • (1823) • short story by F. W. Pressler (trans. of Der mittelst des Stranges hingerichtete und wieder erstandene Mousquetier Idée 1800) [as by uncredited]
• 32 • Garrick's Ghost • (1846) • short story by uncredited
• 34 • Apparition of Lord William Petty • (1846) • short story by uncredited
• 37 • The Water Spirit • (1823) • short story by Samuel Christoph Wagener (trans. of Das Gespenst am Borte eines Schiffs, durch dessen Erscheinung ein Verständiger blödsinnig wird 1800) [as by uncredited]
• 42 • The Friar's Ghost in the Imperial Palace at Vienna • (1823) • short story by Samuel Christoph Wagener (trans. of Erscheinung einer ins Fegefeuer zurückgesandten Wiener Seele 1801) [as by uncredited]
• 48 • The Bear of Friedrichshall • (1823) • short story by Samuel Christoph Wagener (trans. of Der spukende Bär in Friedrichshall 1801) [as by uncredited]
• 52 • Barbito, or the Spectre of the Cuenza: A Spanish Tale • (1846) • short story by uncredited (trans. of Barbito, oder der Wiederauferstandene von Cuenca. Eine Spanische Novelle 1807)
• 63 • The Danger of Tampering with the Fear of Ghosts • (1823) • short story by Samuel Christoph Wagener (trans. of Schreckliches Schicksal eines Studenten, welcher irrigerweise glaubte, daß man jedem Gespenste ohne Vorsicht Trotz bieten dürfe 1798) [as by uncredited]
• 70 • The Devil and the Prussian Grenadier • (1823) • short story by Samuel Christoph Wagener (trans. of Ein gehörnter Teufel, mit einer Mistgabel bewaffnet, geht einer Preußischen Schildwache zu Leibe 1798) [as by uncredited]
• 73 • The Ghost of Count Walkenried • (1823) • short story by Samuel Christoph Wagener (trans. of Ein Verstorbener erscheint nach seiner Berdingung, und spricht und handelt wie ein Lebender 1798) [as by uncredited]
• 81 • The Extraordinary Confession of a Ghost • (1823) • short story by Anonymous (trans. of Le crime puni 1782) [as by uncredited]
• 88 • The Village Apparition: A True Story • (1846) • short story by uncredited (variant of The Apparition 1815)
• 97 • The Haunted Castle • (1823) • short story by Samuel Christoph Wagener (trans. of Das furchbare Tribunal unterirdischer Geister 1799) [as by uncredited]
• 106 • The Green Mantle of Venice: A True Story • (1823) • novella by H. Clauren (trans. of Der Grünmantel von Venedig 1820) [as by uncredited]
• 183 • The Ghost of General Marceau • (1823) • short story by Samuel Christoph Wagener (trans. of Der Geist des gebliebenen Divisionsgenerals Marceau treibt die Schildmachen ben Coblenz zurück 1799) [as by uncredited]
• 186 • The Haunted Inn • (1823) • short story by Samuel Christoph Wagener (trans. of Das durch nächtliche Erscheinungen übelberüchtigte Wirthshaus 1797) [as by uncredited]