Light Spirits

<p class=ql-align-justify><em>Light Spirits</em> collects 22 ghost stories of various shades: horrific tales humorous jests criminous masquerades and emotional romances all originally published for the entertainment of the late 1800s to early 1900s magazine readership. The stories include:</p><p class=ql-align-justify> </p><p class=ql-align-justify>Aunt Ann's Ghost Story by Laurence Oliphant (<em>Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine</em> 1864); Guy Neville's Ghost by Percy Greg (<em>Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine</em> 1865); A Ghost in a State-Room by Samuel Blotter (<em>The Galaxy</em> 1868); The Ghost of a Face by Frederick H. Dewey (<em>Ballou's Monthly Magazine</em> 1878); An Antiquary's Ghost Story by Augustus Jessopp D.D. (<em>Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly</em> 1880); The Ghost of Aldrum Hall by Anonymous (<em>The Argosy</em> 1880); The Eynesham Ghost by Captain Arthur Collins (<em>Time</em> 1880); The Open Door by Mrs. Oliphant (<em>Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine</em> 1882); No Fiction by J. G. P. (<em>Macmillan's Magazine</em> 1882); No. 11 Welham Square by Herbert Stephen (<em>The Cornhill Magazine</em> 1885); By One By Two and By Three by Adrian Ross (<em>Temple Bar</em> 1887); A Shadow of Gold by Vida D. Scudder (<em>The Overland Monthly</em> 1887); The Green Lady by Walter Herries Pollock (<em>Longman's Magazine</em> 1888); My Uncle's Clock by Anonymous (<em>Macmillan's Magazine</em> 1888); A New Ghost Story by Anonymous (<em>Belgravia</em> 1890); The Empty Compartment by Anonymous (<em>Murray's Magazine</em> 1890); Louise W. L. Alden (<em>Cassell's Family Magazine</em> 1895); Number Ninety by Mrs. B. M. Croker (<em>Chapman's Magazine</em> 1895); The Story of a Ghost by Violet Hunt (<em>Chapman's Magazine</em> 1895); The Long-Distance Telephone by Robert Barr (<em>Cassell's Magazine</em> 1900); The Haunting of Shudderham Hall by Robert Barr (<em>The Idler Magazine</em> 1906); The Irtonwood Ghost by Elinor Glyn (<em>Pearson's Magazine</em> 1911)</p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p><br></p>