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Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories

M. R. James

First published 1987
Publisher Oxford University Press
Format Paperback
Type Collection
Cover art John Atkinson Grimshaw
Pages xxxviii+352
Price £3.95
ISBN 0192817191

Year Reviewer Publication
1987 Rosemary Pardoe Ghosts & Scholars, #9

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Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Canon Alberic's Scrapbook M. R. James Short Story
14 The Mezzotint M. R. James Short Story
26 Number 13 M. R. James Short Story
43 Count Magnus M. R. James Short Story
57 "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad" M. R. James Novelette
78 The Treasure of Abbot Thomas M. R. James Short Story
97 A School Story M. R. James Short Story
105 The Rose Garden M. R. James Short Story
117 The Tractate Middoth M. R. James Short Story
135 Casting the Runes M. R. James Novelette
157 The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral M. R. James Short Story
172 Mr. Humphreys and His Inheritance M. R. James Novelette
199 The Diary of Mr. Poynter M. R. James Short Story
210 An Episode of Cathedral History M. R. James Short Story
228 The Uncommon Prayer-Book M. R. James Short Story
242 A Neighbour's Landmark M. R. James Short Story
257 A Warning to the Curious M. R. James Short Story
275 Rats M. R. James Short Story
281 The Experiment M. R. James Short Story
288 The Malice of Inanimate Objects M. R. James Short Story
293 A Vignette M. R. James Short Story
299 Explanatory Notes (Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories) Michael Cox Essay
340 'Stories I Have Tried to Write' M. R. James Essay
342 'Some Remarks on Ghost Stories' M. R. James Essay
349 'Ghosts—Treat Them Gently!' M. R. James Essay
337|337.1 From the Preface to Ghost Stories of an Antiquary M. R. James Essay
337|337.2 From the Preface to More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary M. R. James Essay
338|338.1 From the Prologue to J. S. Le Fanu, Madam Crowl's Ghost M. R. James Essay
338|338.2 From the Introduction to V. H. Collins (Ed.), Ghosts and Marvels M. R. James Essay
xi Introduction (Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories) Michael Cox Essay
xxxi Note on the Text (Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories) uncredited Essay
xxxiii Select Bibliography (Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories) uncredited Essay
xxxvi A Chronology of M. R. James uncredited Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories Cover 1992 Oxford University Press Paperback Collection John Atkinson Grimshaw xxxviii+352
Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories 2002 Oxford University Press Hardcover Collection xiv+298
Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories 2003 Oxford University Press / SFBC Hardcover Collection xiv+298
Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories Cover 2009 Oxford University Press Paperback Collection John Atkinson Grimshaw xxxviii+352