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• 7 • Foreword (M. R. James - Book of the Supernatural) • (1979) • essay by John Betjeman [as by Sir John Betjeman]
• 9 • The Haunted World of M. R. James • (1979) • essay by Peter Haining
• 19 • Some Remarks on Ghost Stories • (1929) • essay by M. R. James
• 31 • M. R. James as Sherlock Holmes • (1979) • essay by uncredited
• 34 • Twelve Medieval Ghost Stories • (1922) • short story by M. R. James
• 50 • The Vampire of Kring • (1979) • essay by uncredited
• 62 • The Novels and Stories of J. Sheridan Le Fanu • (1979) • essay by M. R. James
• 66 • The Little Red Man • (1870) • short fiction by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu [as by J. S. Le Fanu]
• 70 • The White and the Black • (1867) • novelette by Alexandre Chatrian and
  Émile Erckmann^?Emile Erckmann
  (trans. of Le blanc et le noir 1861) [as by Erckmann-Chatrian]
• 90 • The Story of the Bulbul • (1917) • short story by M. R. James
• 92 • My Dream of a Murderer's Ghost (excerpt) • (1979) • short fiction by M. R. James
• 96 • "A Warning to the Curious ..." (excerpt) • (1925) • short fiction by Charles R. Beard
• 98 • The Experiment • (1931) • short story by M. R. James
• 108 • The Mystery of a Satanist Picture • (1979) • essay by uncredited
• 112 • The Satanist Picture • (1932) • essay by M. R. James
• 113 • A Vignette • (1936) • short story by M. R. James
• 115 •  M. R. James - Ghost Writer Number One • (1979) • interior artwork by Forrest J. Ackerman and Neil Austin
• 123 • A Tribute to M. R. J. • (1979) • essay by Christopher Lee