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Further Stories from Lord Halifax's Ghost Book

Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax

First published 1937
Publisher Geoffrey Bles
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Pages xi+171

  • Stories not included in Lord Halifax's Ghost Book for various reasons. For some, the provenance is unknown. Some were previously published elsewhere.
  • Bibliographic information constructed from LOC record for #38-30780 and other sources as content holder for Lord Halifax's Complete Ghost Book (Castle, 1986) entries; content information is from that publication.
  • Foreword is by his son (Sir Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax), but only credited to "Viscount Halifax, K.G."
  • Foreword notes that "The Countess of Belvedere" is not a ghost story
  • Each contained story's source is credited as follows:
    • "Shrieks in the West Room of Flesbury" - written by the sister of John Carnsen [EFLW notes Carnsen should probably be Carnsew]
    • "The Shrouded Watcher" - unnamed, taken from Blackwood's Magazine for January, 1891 [where the author is not identified]
    • Apparitions
      • "The Ghostly Passenger" - from a Yorkshire friend, who was told it by Captain Wintour four years ago
      • "The Fawn Lady of Burton Agnes" - sent by Mrs. Wickham-Boynton in 1915
      • "The Page Boy of Hayne" - told by Lady Ferguson Davie in 1885
      • "The Ghost of Lord Conyers Osborne" - told by the Bishop of Winchester [EFLW notes Bishop Harold Browne] November 16, 1884
      • "The Ghost of Lady Carnarvon" - told by the Bishop of Winchester [EFLW notes Bishop Harold Browne] November 16, 1884
      • "The Ghost of Bishop Wilberforce" - uncertain [EFLW notes seems to be Bishop Browne on November 16, 1884 occasion]
      • "The Ship in Distress" - uncredited
      • "The Widow in the Train" - possibly told by Colonel Ewart
      • "Killed in Action" - uncredited
    • "The Troubled Spirit of Tintern Abbey" - 'E. B', privately printed in 1910
    • "Labédoyère's Doom" - Canon Malcolm MacColl, appeared in January, 1882 Fraser's Magazine
    • Haunted Houses
      • "Exorcism at St. Donat's Castle" - sent by Mr. Charles G. Stirling, as told by Mr. X----- in 1917
      • "What the Gardener Saw" - sent by Mrs. J. Rawlinson Ford, February, 1914
      • "Three in a Bed" - unknown (an old favourite with Lord Halifax)
      • "The Simla Bungalow" - sent by his sister, Mrs. Dundas, from her granddaughter, in 1925
      • "The Cardinal of Waverley Abbey" - sent by Mrs. Anderson in 1925
    • Ghostly Guardians
      • "'Someone by his Side'" - Mrs. Ford of Carnforth had this story from her mother-in-law
      • "Bishop King's Escape" - sent by Miss A. E. Nash
    • "Two Friends" - told by Mr. Augustus Hare
    • Dreams and Portents
      • "The Spanish Knife" - told by the Rt. Hon. A. Beresford Hope
      • "'Turn to the Right!'" - uncredited
      • "President Lincoln's Dream" - unknown ("How Lord Halifax obtained it, he does not divulge.")
      • "John Arthington's Escape" - sent by Mrs. Ford of Carnforth
      • "Two Submarines" - apparently sent by Ruth, Countess of Chichester
      • "The Fighting Rooks and the Black Mouse" - sent by the Rev. the Hon. Francis R. Grey in 1880
      • "Lord Decies' Ring" - told by Mr. Beresford Hope in December, 1874, from his uncle, Lord Decies
      • "The Death of Lord Hastings" - Miss Copley's account, sent by Aunt Maria [EFLW notes wife of Henry, 3rd Earl Grey]
    • "The Rustling Lady of Lincoln and Other Stories" - sent by Miss Nash to EFLW ("the present Lord Halifax")
    • Some Curious Stories
      • "The Bloody Hand" - uncredited
      • "The 'Tweenie'" - sent by Commander Francis Cadogan in 1920
      • "Warning for a Submarine" - sent by Commander Francis Cadogan in 1920, told by the officer commanding the Mediterranean flotilla in 1919
    • "The Restless Dead" - unnamed, taken from Blackwood's Magazine for December, 1892 [where the author is not identified]; written in the person of Rev. Charles Power
    • "The Countess of Belvedere" - unknown ("...without any indication of how or from whom Lord Halifax obtained it")

Page Title Author(s) Type
Apparitions: Killed in Action Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax Short Story
Apparitions: The Fawn Lady of Burton Agnes Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax Short Story
Apparitions: The Ghost of Bishop Wilberforce Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax Short Story
Apparitions: The Ghost of Lady Carnarvon Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax Short Story
Apparitions: The Ghost of Lord Conyers Osborne Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax Short Story
Apparitions: The Ghostly Passenger Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax Short Story
Apparitions: The Page Boy of Hayne Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax Short Story
Apparitions: The Ship in Distress Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax Short Story
Apparitions: The Widow in the Train Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax Short Story
Dreams and Portents: 'Turn to the Right!' Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax Short Story
Dreams and Portents: John Arthington's Escape Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax Short Story
Dreams and Portents: Lord Decies' Ring Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax Short Story
Dreams and Portents: President Lincoln's Dream Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax Short Story
Dreams and Portents: The Death of Lord Hastings Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax Short Story
Dreams and Portents: The Fighting Rooks and the Black Mouse Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax Short Story
Dreams and Portents: The Spanish Knife Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax Short Story
Dreams and Portents: Two Submarines Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax Short Story
Foreword (Further Stories from Lord Halifax's Ghost Book) Viscount Halifax, K. G. Essay
Ghostly Guardians: 'Someone by his Side' Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax Short Story
Ghostly Guardians: Bishop King's Escape Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax Short Story
Haunted Houses: Exorcism at St. Donat's Castle Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax Short Story
Haunted Houses: The Cardinal of Waverley Abbey Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax Short Story
Haunted Houses: The Simla Bungalow Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax Short Story
Haunted Houses: Three in a Bed Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax Short Story
Haunted Houses: What the Gardener Saw Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax Short Story
Introduction (Further Stories from Lord Halifax's Ghost Book) J. G. Lockhart Essay
Labédoyère's Doom Canon Malcolm MacColl Novelette
Shrieks in the West Room at Flesbury Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax Short Story
Some Curious Stories: The 'Tweenie' Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax Short Story
Some Curious Stories: The Bloody Hand Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax Short Story
Some Curious Stories: Warning for a Submarine Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax Short Story
The Countess of Belvedere Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax Short Story
The Restless Dead uncredited Novelette
The Rustling Lady of Lincoln and Other Stories Viscount Halifax, K. G. Short Story
The Shrouded Watcher uncredited Short Story
The Troubled Spirit of Tintern Abbey E. B. Short Story
Two Friends Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax Short Story