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Acolyte, v. 3, issue 4, whole no. 12, Fall 1945
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the life he led, but tending unconsciously to incline his fantasies toward the malevolent. He was too wise and learned a man not to see that the scholarly, gentlemanly, Christian values he believed in most were growing out of fashion in the modern world, and perhaps this engendered in him something of the somber pessimism that seems to be chronic among weird fiction writers in particular if not among thoughtful persons in general. It is visible in the somewhat grim smile[[?]] of a man who knows that behind the amiable face of appearances grins the hideous skull of reality. -o0o- ---oo0oo--- -o0o- NOTES 1. The stories omitted from this volume are: "The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral", "Mr. Humphries and his Inheritance", "An Episode of Cathedral History", "The Uncommon Prayer-book", "An Evening's Entertainment", "There Was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard", "After Dark in the Playing Fields", "The Experiment", and "A Vignette". All of these except the last two are included in The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James. It is unfortunate that the least "The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral" and "An Episode of Cathedral History" were not included in Best Ghost Stories in lieu of such stories as "The Rose Garden" and "Two Doctors", but otherwise the selection is good. In the introduction the publishers refer to Dr. James fourth collection, A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories, under the erroneous title of Twelve Ghost Stories, apparently confusing it with his article "Twelve Medieval Ghost Stories". 2. Lubbock, A Memoir of M. R. James, pp. 38-39. 3. Ibid, p. 39. 4. Ibid, p. 40. 5. Christmas Stories (The Works of Charles Dickens, National Library Edition, Vol. XIII) p. 18. 6. "Some Remarks on Ghost Stories", The Bookman, LXXIX (1929)170 7. Madam Crowl's Ghost, p. vii. 8. More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, p. v. 9. The Bookman, LXXIX (1929) 171. 10. The London Times Literary Supplement, XXIV (1925), 798. 11. Introduction to Ghosts and Marvels, quoted in The Spectator (London), CXXXV (1925, 1107. 12. The Spectator, CXLV (1930), 1009. 13. The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James, p. viii. 14. The Bookman, LXXIX (1929), 172. 15. The Spectator, CXLVI (1931), 633 16. Supernatural Horror in Literature, p. 102. 17. The London Times Literary Supplement, XIX (1920), 19. 18. The London Mercury, XXIX (1934) 307. 311. No notes are included for quotations from The Collected Ghost Stories of Mr. R. James. BIBLIOGRAPHY..... ********************** Books by James: Ghost Stories of an Antiquary. London: Edward Arnold, 1904. 4 il. by James McBryde, 6s. New York: Longmans, Green & Co., 1905, $1.50 (new ed. 1919, 270p, D, $1.75, 5s). New York: Famous books, 1937, 256p, paper, D, 35[[cent symbol]]. Hammondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1937 paper, 6d. Contents: "Canon Alberic's Scrap-book", "Lost Hearts", "The Mezzotint", "The Ashtree", "Number 13", "Count Magnus", "'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to you, My Lad,'", and "The Treasure of Abbot Thomas". More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary. London: Edward Arnold, 1911. New -- 24 --
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the life he led, but tending unconsciously to incline his fantasies toward the malevolent. He was too wise and learned a man not to see that the scholarly, gentlemanly, Christian values he believed in most were growing out of fashion in the modern world, and perhaps this engendered in him something of the somber pessimism that seems to be chronic among weird fiction writers in particular if not among thoughtful persons in general. It is visible in the somewhat grim smile[[?]] of a man who knows that behind the amiable face of appearances grins the hideous skull of reality. -o0o- ---oo0oo--- -o0o- NOTES 1. The stories omitted from this volume are: "The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral", "Mr. Humphries and his Inheritance", "An Episode of Cathedral History", "The Uncommon Prayer-book", "An Evening's Entertainment", "There Was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard", "After Dark in the Playing Fields", "The Experiment", and "A Vignette". All of these except the last two are included in The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James. It is unfortunate that the least "The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral" and "An Episode of Cathedral History" were not included in Best Ghost Stories in lieu of such stories as "The Rose Garden" and "Two Doctors", but otherwise the selection is good. In the introduction the publishers refer to Dr. James fourth collection, A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories, under the erroneous title of Twelve Ghost Stories, apparently confusing it with his article "Twelve Medieval Ghost Stories". 2. Lubbock, A Memoir of M. R. James, pp. 38-39. 3. Ibid, p. 39. 4. Ibid, p. 40. 5. Christmas Stories (The Works of Charles Dickens, National Library Edition, Vol. XIII) p. 18. 6. "Some Remarks on Ghost Stories", The Bookman, LXXIX (1929)170 7. Madam Crowl's Ghost, p. vii. 8. More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, p. v. 9. The Bookman, LXXIX (1929) 171. 10. The London Times Literary Supplement, XXIV (1925), 798. 11. Introduction to Ghosts and Marvels, quoted in The Spectator (London), CXXXV (1925, 1107. 12. The Spectator, CXLV (1930), 1009. 13. The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James, p. viii. 14. The Bookman, LXXIX (1929), 172. 15. The Spectator, CXLVI (1931), 633 16. Supernatural Horror in Literature, p. 102. 17. The London Times Literary Supplement, XIX (1920), 19. 18. The London Mercury, XXIX (1934) 307. 311. No notes are included for quotations from The Collected Ghost Stories of Mr. R. James. BIBLIOGRAPHY..... ********************** Books by James: Ghost Stories of an Antiquary. London: Edward Arnold, 1904. 4 il. by James McBryde, 6s. New York: Longmans, Green & Co., 1905, $1.50 (new ed. 1919, 270p, D, $1.75, 5s). New York: Famous books, 1937, 256p, paper, D, 35[[cent symbol]]. Hammondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1937 paper, 6d. Contents: "Canon Alberic's Scrap-book", "Lost Hearts", "The Mezzotint", "The Ashtree", "Number 13", "Count Magnus", "'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to you, My Lad,'", and "The Treasure of Abbot Thomas". More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary. London: Edward Arnold, 1911. New -- 24 --
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