MR James is probably the finest ghost-story writer England has ever produced. Along with a tail-piece by MR James, this title contains thirty tales that can be considered as classics of their genre, including Casting the Runes , Oh, Whistle and I'll come to you, My Lad , The Tractate Middoth , The Ash Tree and Canon Alberic's Scrapbook .

A collection of ghost stories such as: A Warning to the Curious ; The Mezzotint ; The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral ; and, A Neighbour's Landmark . A Warning to the Curious features a young man who excavates an ancient crown - but soon wishes he had let it stay buried.

Contains the first two volumes of the author's ghost stories, Ghost Stories of an Antiquary and More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary . This collection includes such tales as Count Magnus ; Number 13 ; Casting the Runes ; Curse of the Demon ; and Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad .

Classic / British English (Available April 2008) A tree full of enormous spiders, a living thing with no face, a picture that comes alive, and a boy with no heart. These are some of the frightening things in these stories by M. R. James, one of the greatest horror writers of all time.

Contains 14 stories including tales as: Canon Alberic's Scrap Book , The Mezzotint ; Oh Whistle , I'll Come to You, My Lad ; The Treasure of Abbot Thomas ; and, Casting the Runes .

Evil comes with many different faces. A macabre human drama is re-enacted in a Gothic dolls house one night; a whistle awakens a force of unspeakable malevolence; an ancient curse is passed from person to person; a grisly crime is avenged from beyond the grave; the tomb of a Swedish count will not rest quietly M. R. Jamess chilling ghost stories reveal a world where the familiar becomes diaboli

Classic / British English (Available March 2008) Two Englishmen go away for a quiet holiday. But it is not very quiet in one man's hotel room. Somebody or something is using the other bed. What is it and why is it angry? The other man sees things, but they are not really there. Or are they? What is happening? Read these ghost stories and be afraid. Be very afraid!

This selection of 21 stories represents the best of James's work, and includes three stories which are not in the Collected Edition.

Classic / British English (Available February 2008) Two Englishmen go away for a quiet holiday. But it is not very quiet in one man's hotel room. Somebody or something is using the other bed. What is it and why is it angry? The other man sees things, but they are not really there. Or are they? What is happening? Read these ghost stories and be afraid. Be very afraid!

A tree full of enormous spiders; curtains like a dead man's hair; an old man with no heart. These are some of the things you will discover in these terrifying short stories. We dare you to read this book! But if you do you won't be able to put it down! M. R. James is one of the best writers of ghost and horror stories ever

Antiquarian Paxton travels to a small town on the coast of Norfolk and learns of a legend concerning three crowns buried on the coast thousands of years ago to protect the land against marauding Vikings. Paxton tries to find the remaining crown, unaware of the supernatural presence that protects it.

A macabre human drama is re-enacted in a Gothic dolls' house one night; a whistle awakens a force of unspeakable malevolence; an ancient curse is passed from person to person; a grisly crime is avenged from beyond the grave; the tomb of a Swedish count will not rest quietly.

Contains the stories A View from a Hill , Rats , A School Story , The Ash Tree and The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance .

Edited with a facing-page English translation from the Latin text by: Brooke, C. N. L.; Unknown function: Mynors, R. A. B.