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A Thin Ghost and Others

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A Thin Ghost and Others (1919)
by Montague Rhodes James
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A THIN GHOST
AND OTHERS

A THIN GHOST
AND OTHERS


BY
MONTAGUE RHODES JAMES, Litt.D.
PROVOST OF ETON COLLEGE
Author of "Ghost Stories of an Antiquary," "More Ghost Stories," etc


NEW YORK
LONGMANS, GREEN & CO.
LONDON: EDWARD ARNOLD
1919
(All rights reserved)

PREFACE

TWO of these stories, the third and fourth, have appeared in print in the Cambridge Review, and I wish to thank the proprietor for permitting me to republish them here.

I have had my doubts about the wisdom of publishing a third set of tales; sequels are, not only proverbially but actually, very hazardous things. However, the tales make no pretence but to amuse, and my friends have not seldom asked for the publication. So not a great deal is risked, perhaps, and perhaps also some one's Christmas may be the cheerfuller for a storybook which, I think, only once mentions the war.

Contents
Page
THE RESIDENCE AT WHITMINSTER 1
THE DIARY OF MR. POYNTER 49
AN EPISODE OF CATHEDRAL HISTORY 73
THE STORY OF A DISAPPEARANCE AND AN APPEARANCE 107
TWO DOCTORS 135


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