Humorous Ghost StoriesG.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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ain't no ghosts asked aunts Baby Van Rensselaer barn Barney baron began black Mose Bloody Bones BRANDER MATTHEWS Buck ca'se Canterville ghost castle Creed cried Dear Jones Dey ain't door Duchess Duncan Dunnabridge EDEN PHILLPOTTS Eliphalet ELLIS PARKER BUTLER eyes father feet foot Gauntmoor GELETT BURGESS ghost stories girl gwine ha'nting hand Harrowby Hall haunted head hear heard Hinckman Hobson Hyssop Ingoldsby jack-o'-lantern John Kendrick Bangs Jonathan knew lady laugh li'l light little old house looked Madeline matter Miss morning never night Otis Ouija Ouija board Parsons Perkinsville Princess Hermonthis Ranch RICHARD BARHAM RICHARD MIDDLETON Seaforth seemed seen Simpkinson skeered specter spirit spook sure talk tell thing thought tion to-night told took turned twas Uncle Larry Virginia voice walked wall water ghost whin whut wife window young
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