The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James

vii • Preface 1 • Canon Alberic's Scrapbook 20 • Lost Hearts 36 • The Mezzotint 54 • The Ash-Tree 75 • Number 13 99 • Count Magnus 120 • "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad" 151 • The Treasure of Abbot Thomas 180 • A School Story 191 • The Rose Garden 209 • The Tractate Middoth 235 • Casting the Runes 268 • The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral 289 • Martin's Close 318 • Mr. Humphreys and His Inheritance 359 • The Residence at Whitminster 395 • The Diary of Mr. Poynter 412 • An Episode of Cathedral History 439 • The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance 459 • Two Doctors 472 • The Haunted Dolls' House 490 • The Uncommon Prayer-Book 514 • A Neighbour's Landmark 533 • A View from a Hill 561 • A Warning to the Curious 588 • An Evening's Entertainment 605 • There Was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard 610 • Rats 619 • After Dark in the Playing Fields 626 • Wailing Well 643 • Stories I Have Tried to Write