A Book of Ghosts

PREFACE

Some of the stories in this volume have already appeared in print. "The Red-haired Girl" in _The Windsor Magazine_; "Colonel Halifax's Ghost Story" in _The Illustrated English Magazine_; "Glámr" I told in my _Iceland: Its Scenes and Sagas_, published in 1863, and long ago out of print. "The Bold Venture" appeared in _The Graphic_;...