''Ghost Stories of an Antiquary'' is a horror short story collection by British writer
M. R. James
Montague Rhodes James (1 August 1862 – 12 June 1936) was an English author, medievalist scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918), and of Eton College (1918–1936). He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambrid ...
, published in 1904 (some had previously appeared in magazines). Some later editions under this title contain both the original collection and its successor, ''
More Ghost Stories'' (1911), combined in one volume.
It was his first short story collection.
Contents of the original edition
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Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book
"Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book" is a horror story by British writer M. R. James, which was written in 1894 and published the following year in the ''National Review''. It was included in his first short story collection, '' Ghost Stories of an Antiq ...
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Lost Hearts
"Lost Hearts" is a ghost story by British writer M. R. James, originally published in 1895. It was later collected in his 1904 book '' Ghost Stories of an Antiquary''.
Plot summary
The tale tells the story of Stephen Elliott, a young orphan boy, ...
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The Mezzotint"
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The Ash-tree
"The Ash-tree" is a ghost story by British writer M.R. James, included in his 1904 collection '' Ghost Stories of an Antiquary''.
Plot summary
In 1690, the English county of Suffolk is wracked with a fear of witches. Many girls and women are a ...
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Count Magnus
"Count Magnus" is a ghost story by British writer M. R. James, first published in 1904. It was included in his first collection ''Ghost Stories of an Antiquary''.
Plot
A traveller in Sweden stumbles upon the history of a mysterious and ominou ...
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'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'
"Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad" is a ghost story by British writer M. R. James, included in his collection ''Ghost Stories of an Antiquary'' (1904). The story is named after a 1793 poem of the same name penned by Robert Burns.
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The Treasure of Abbot Thomas
"The Treasure of Abbot Thomas" is a ghost story by British writer M. R. James. It was published in his book ''Ghost Stories of an Antiquary'' (1904).
Plot summary
The tale tells the story of the Rev. Justin Somerton, a scholar of medieval histo ...
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Reception
A. M. Burrage praised ''Ghost Stories of an Antiquary'' and its successor, ''More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary'' as "two really admirable books of ghost stories". Burrage also described
'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'
"Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad" is a ghost story by British writer M. R. James, included in his collection ''Ghost Stories of an Antiquary'' (1904). The story is named after a 1793 poem of the same name penned by Robert Burns.
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as "a real gem".
[Burrage, A. M. "The Supernatural in Fiction", ''The Home Magazine'', October 1921. Reprinted in Burrage, ''Someone in the Room: Strange Tales Old and New'' (edited by Jack Adrian). Ashcroft, B.C. : ]Ash-Tree Press
Ash-Tree Press is a Canadian company that publishes supernatural and horror literature.
The press has reprinted notable collections of ghostly stories by such writers as R. H. Malden, A. N. L. Munby, L. T. C. Rolt, Margery Lawrence, and El ...
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Adaptations
After
Jonathan Miller
Sir Jonathan Wolfe Miller CBE (21 July 1934 – 27 November 2019) was an English theatre and opera director, actor, author, television presenter, humourist and physician. After training in medicine and specialising in neurology in the late 1 ...
adapted Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad for the
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's ''Omnibus'' series in 1968, several stories from the collection were adapted as the
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