Humorous Ghost Stories

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G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1921 - 431 strán (strany)

CONTENTS:

Introduction: The Humorous Ghost

The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde

The Ghost-Extinguisher by Gelett Burgess

"Dey Ain't No Ghosts" by Ellis Parker Butler

The Transferred Ghost by Frank R. Stockton

The Mummy's Foot by Théophile Gautier

The Rival Ghosts by Brander Matthews

The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall by John Kendrick Bangs

Back from that Bourne by Anonymous

The Ghost-Ship by Richard Middleton

The Transplanted Ghost by Wallace Irwin

The Last Ghost in Harmony by Nelson Lloyd

The Ghost of Miser Brimpson by Eden Phillpotts

The Haunted Photograph by Ruth McEnery Stuart

The Ghost that Got the Button by Will Adams

The Specter Bridegroom by Washington Irving

The Specter of Tappington Compiled by Richard Barham

In the Barn by Burges Johnson

A Shady Plot by Elsie Brown

The Lady and the Ghost by Rose Cecil O'Neill

 

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