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Jerry Jarvis's Wig

Richard Harris Barham

First published 1847
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story
Series The Ingoldsby Legends

Jarvis is a cruel, grasping and dishonest solicitor. He prevails upon his gardener to wear an old wig of his, whereupon the gardener is also possessed by criminality.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1847 The Ingoldsby Legends: or, Mirth and Marvels, Third Series Richard Bentley Collection 307
1864 Cover The Ingoldsby Legends: or, Mirth and Marvels W. J. Widdleton Omnibus 356|3.356
1867 Cover The Ingoldsby Legends: or, Mirth and Marvels Richard Bentley Collection 483
1875 Life James R. Osgood and Co. Anthology 60
1879 The Ingoldsby Legends: or, Mirth and Marvels Richard Bentley & Son Collection 511
1898 Cover The Ingoldsby Legends: or, Mirth & Marvels J. M. Dent Collection 593
1907 Cover The Ingoldsby Legends: or, Mirth & Marvels J. M. Dent Collection 512
1907 Cover The Ingoldsby Legends: or, Mirth & Marvels J. M. Dent Collection 512
1909 The Ingoldsby Legends: or, Mirth & Marvels William Heinemann Collection 512
May 1913 The Ingoldsby Legends: or, Mirth & Marvels William Heinemann Collection 512
June 1919 The Ingoldsby Legends: or, Mirth & Marvels William Heinemann Collection 512
June 1920 The Ingoldsby Legends: or, Mirth & Marvels William Heinemann Collection 512
1931 The Supernatural Omnibus Doubleday, Doran Anthology 647
June 1931 Cover The Supernatural Omnibus: Being a Collection of Stories of Apparitions, Witchcraft, Werewolves, Diabolism, Necromancy, Satanism, Divination, Sorcery, Goetry, Voodoo, Possession, Occult Doom and Destiny Gollancz Anthology 577
1934 Cover A Century of Thrillers: From Poe to Arlen Daily Express Publications Anthology 233
1934 Cover The Mystery Book Odhams Press Anthology 603
1934 Cover A Century of Thrillers: From Poe to Arlen Daily Express Publications Anthology 233
1949 Cover The Supernatural Omnibus: Being a Collection of Stories of Apparitions, Witchcraft, Werewolves, Diabolism, Necromancy, Satanism, Divination, Sorcery, Goetry, Voodoo, Possession, Occult Doom and Destiny Gollancz Anthology 577
April 1952 The Supernatural Omnibus: Being a Collection of Stories of Apparitions, Witchcraft, Werewolves, Diabolism, Necromancy, Satanism, Divination, Sorcery, Goety, Voodoo, Possession, Occult Doom and Destiny Gollancz Anthology 577
1967 Cover The Supernatural Omnibus II Panther Anthology
1970 Cover Mystery! An Anthology of Baffling Stories Blackie Anthology 293
1974 Cover Supernatural Tales 2 Quartet Books Anthology 25
1974 Cover The Supernatural Omnibus: Being a Collection of Stories of Apparitions, Witchcraft, Werewolves, Diabolism, Necromancy, Satanism, Divination, Sorcery, Goetry, Voodoo, Possession, Occult Doom and Destiny Causeway Books Anthology 577
December 1976 Cover The Supernatural Omnibus: Volume 2: Diabolism, Witchcraft and Evil Lore Penguin Books Anthology 248
1982 Cover The Supernatural Omnibus Gollancz Anthology 577
1984 Cover The Penguin Supernatural Omnibus: Being a Collection of Stories of Apparitions, Witchcraft, Werewolves, Diabolism, Necromancy, Satanism, Divination, Sorcery, Goety, Voodoo, Possession, Occult Doom and Destiny Penguin Books Anthology 532
May 1988 Cover Occulta. L'omnibus del soprannaturale Mondadori Anthology 514
July 1990 Cover Ghost and Horror Stories Tynron Press Anthology 548
1994 Cover The Supernatural Omnibus Bracken Books Anthology 577
July 2014 Cover The Supernatural Omnibus Muschamp Press Anthology |577