All the uncanny tales of the English master, illustrated by Les Edwards. H. P. Lovecraft: "M. R. James is one of the absolute best authors of the uncanny... With a nearly diabolical power, he conjures horror from everyday life." Neil Gaiman: "James wrote the best ghost stories. No one has ever matched him." Ruth Rendell: "For me, M. R. James was a genius." Christopher Lee: "His ghost stories will likely never be surpassed." Stephen Jones has compiled this edition in 2 volumes and added a detailed afterword. Content Volume 2: Some remarks on ghost stories, two doctors, the unusual prayer books, five flacons, the dollhouse, land acquisition, midsummer night on Eton's playing fields, once upon a time there was a man who lived by the cemetery, view from a hill, a warning for the curious, an evening entertainment, two scouts, rats, the experiment. A ghost story for New Year's Eve, the trick of the object, a sketch, the hair bird and the cuckoo, a night in the university chapel, the witch of Fenstanton, John Humphreys, Marcilly-Le-Hayer, the bear game, the tomb of the Speaker of the House, Lenthall, Merfield House, night life, stories I have tried to write, afterword: "The petrified grin of ghastly malice." Sources.