by M.R. James
It is a very common thing, in my experience, to find papers shut up in old books; but one of the rarest things to come across any such that are at all interesting. Still it does happen, … Read the rest
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The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral
by M.R. James
This matter began, as far as I am concerned, with the reading of a notice in the obituary section of the Gentleman’s Magazine for an early year in the nineteenth century:
On February 26th, at his residence … Read the rest
The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance
by M.R. James
The letters which I now publish were sent to me recently by a person who knows me to be interested in ghost stories. There is no doubt about their authenticity. The paper on which they are written, … Read the rest
The Tractate Middoth
by M.R. James
Towards the end of an autumn afternoon an elderly man with a thin face and grey Piccadilly weepers pushed open the swing-door leading into the vestibule of a certain famous library, and addressing himself to an attendant, … Read the rest
The Treasure of Abbot Thomas
by M.R. James
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Verum usque in praesentem diem multa garriunt inter se Canonici de abscondito quodam istius Abbatis Thomae thesauro, quem saepe, quanquam ahduc incassum, quaesiverunt Steinfeldenses. Ipsum enim Thomam adhuc florida in aetate existentem ingentem auri massam circa … Read the rest
‘Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You My Lad’
by M.R. James
‘I suppose you will be getting away pretty soon, now Fall term is over, Professor,’ said a person not in the story to the Professor of Ontography, soon after they had sat down next to each other … Read the rest
The Ash-tree
by M.R. James
Everyone who has travelled over Eastern England knows the smaller country-houses with which it is studded – the rather dank little buildings, usually in the Italian style, surrounded with parks of some eighty to a hundred acres. … Read the rest
The Diary of Mr. Poynter
by M.R. James
The sale-room of an old and famous firm of book auctioneers in London is, of course, a great meeting-place for collectors, librarians, dealers: not only when an auction is in progress, but perhaps even more notably when … Read the rest
The Mezzotint
by M.R. James
Some time ago I believe I had the pleasure of telling you the story of an adventure which happened to a friend of mine by the name of Dennistoun, during his pursuit of objects of art for … Read the rest
The Residence at Whitminster
by M.R. James
Dr. Ashton—Thomas Ashton, Doctor of Divinity—sat in his study, habited in a dressing-gown, and with a silk cap on his shaven head—his wig being for the time taken off and placed on its block on a side … Read the rest