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Ghosts and Goblins: Stories for Hallowe'en and Other Times

Wilhelmina Harper

First published 1936
Publisher E. P. Dutton
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Pages 271
Price $2.00

  • 30 contents beside Foreword and illustrations 26 stories, 4 poems (LibraryThing implies)
  • Review by user JalenV at LibraryThing.com includes a list of those 30 contents in which, "The origin of the stories is as given in the book except for changes to no-longer acceptable terms. I've written a brief description under each title." There 15 are marked (*) as "especially suited to the enjoyment of younger children", according to Harper.
  • 4 of 30 contents beside Foreword and illustrations are not in the 1965 version, with same foretitle Ghosts and Goblins; namely, the stories that begin on pages 25, 133, 156, 208 (unknown source for page numbers). The 1965 version contains 8 works not in this one.

  • WorldCat records of the 1st ed. and a 1942 reprint provide lists of Contents with these differences in story titles: • {{OCLC|1445403}}: Halloween (3), witch-dance-people, So-Bee-It, wishing well, wonderful land • {{OCLC|704434597}}: Hallowe'en, witch-dance-place, So-Bee-yit, wishing-well, wonderful lamb The latter is known to report the wrong illustrator.

    1st ed.
  • Unknown source for incomplete list of Contents with page numbers (Foreword and 22 of 30 stories and poems). There may be a complete page-numbered list of titles at The Supernatural Index p803 (viewed in part as Google Books "snippet" 2017-07-07, when some more information been gleaned from several whole-page views). Title/Author contents completed that day from Ann E. Nichols (below).
  • OCLC contains contents (30 stories/poems), titles with writer names in F.M. Last format (and "So-Bee-Yit" as So-Bee-It)
  • Publ date and price from notice NY Times 1936-08-20 p21 "Books Published Today". Kirkus Reviews capsule gives the same date.
  • Cover image from Amazon US as of 2017-06-05. Today one of the "Top Customer Reviews" (Ann E. Nichols, 2012-10-16) provides a list of 30 contents: -- titles match OCLC 1445403 -- writers may be named as in the book -- most listings note origins For instance, Nichols lists, above brief annotations not quoted here: [1] "Hallowe'en" by Molly Capes (poem) [2] "The Ghost of the Great White Stag" by Arthur C. Parker (American Indian/Native American folk tale)

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Page Title Author(s) Type
13 Foreword (Ghosts and Goblins) Wilhelmina Harper Essay
23 Hallowe'en Molly Capes Poem
25 The Ghost of the Great White Stag Arthur C. Parker Short Story
37 The Hungry Old Witch Charles J. Finger Short Story
52 The Conjure Wives Frances G. Wickes Short Story
57 Someone Walter de la Mare Poem
58 Ah Tcha the Sleeper Arthur Bowie Chrisman Short Story
69 The Woodman and the Goblins J. B. Esenwein & Marietta Stockard Short Story
77 The King O' the Cats Joseph Jacobs Short Story
80 The Enchanted Cow Mary G. Davis Short Story
88 Peter and the Witch of the Wood Anna Wahlenberg Short Story
105 The Goblin of the Pitcher Alida S. Malkus Short Story
112 Tamlane Joseph Jacobs Short Story
118 The Ghosts of Forefathers' Hill Raymond MacDonald Alden Short Story
131 The Shadow People Francis Ledwidge Poem
133 The Black Cat of the Witch-Dance-Place Frances J. Olcott Short Fiction
138 Tomson's Hallowe'en Margaret Baker & Mary Baker Short Story
156 So-Beé-Yit Maynard Dixon Short Story
165 The Old Hag of the Forest Seumas MacManus Short Story
182 The Ghost Wife Charles A. Eastman Short Story
187 The Old Witch Joseph Jacobs Short Story
194 Wait Till Martin Comes Frances G. Wickes Short Story
208 Old Man Gully's Hant Sarah J. Cocke Short Story
|202 The Wishing-Well Maud Lindsay & Emilie Poulsson Short Story
|203 The Witch's Shoes Frances J. Olcott Short Fiction
|225 A Hallowe'en Story Margaret Widdemer Poem
|226 The Witch of Lok Island Elsie Masson Short Story
|227 The Great White Bear Maud Lindsay Short Story
|228 The Ghosts of Kahlberg Bernard Henderson Short Fiction
|229 The Wonderful Lamb Nándor Pogány Short Fiction
|230 Teeny-Tiny Joseph Jacobs Short Story