A WARNING TO THE CURIOUS
By Dr M. R. JAMES
PROVOST OF ETON
GHOST STORIES OF AN ANTIQUARY
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LONDON: EDWARD ARNOLD & CO.
A WARNING TO
THE CURIOUS
and other Ghost Stories
BY
MONTAGUE RHODES JAMES
Author of “Ghost Stories of an Antiquary,” etc.
LONDON
EDWARD ARNOLD & CO.
1925
[All rights reserved]
MADE AND PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY
THE EDINBURGH PRESS, 9 AND 11 YOUNG STREET, EDINBURGH.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The first of these stories was written forthe library of the Queen’s Doll’s House,and was printed in the Book thereof; Igratefully acknowledge the gracious permissiongranted by Her Majesty to have itreprinted in this volume.
For like permissions from the editors ofthe Atlantic Monthly, Empire Review,London Mercury, and Eton Chronic Ireturn thanks.
M. R. JAMES.
September 1925.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| The Haunted Doll’s House | 9 |
| The Uncommon Prayer-Book | 35 |
| A Neighbour’s Landmark | 70 |
| A View from a Hill | 97 |
| A Warning to the Curious | 138 |
| An Evening’s Entertainment | 176 |
THE HAUNTED DOLL’S HOUSE.
“I SUPPOSE you get stuff of that kindthrough your hands pretty often?”said Mr Dillet, as he pointed with his stickto an object which shall be described whenthe time comes: and when he said it, helied in his throat, and knew that he lied.Not once in twenty years—perhaps notonce in a lifetime—could Mr Chittenden,s