Humorous Ghost Stories

Includes: An introduction by Dorothy Scarborough — 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 / Théophile Gautier — The rival ghosts / Brander Matthews — The water ghost of Harrowby Hall / by John Kendrick Bangs — Back from that bourne / 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. (Summary by Sarah Engracia Parshall)