The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories by Algernon Blackwood
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The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories
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Title: The Empty House And Other Ghost Stories
Author: Algernon Blackwood
Release Date: December 26, 2004 [EBook #14471]
Language: English
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THE EMPTY HOUSE
AND OTHER GHOST STORIES
BY
ALGERNON BLACKWOOD
AUTHOR OF
"JOHN SILENCE" "THE LOST VALLEY" ETC.
LONDON EVELEIGH NASH COMPANY LIMITED
1916
First Printed 1906 Uniform Edition 1915 Reprinted 1916
CONTENTS
THE EMPTY HOUSE
A HAUNTED ISLAND
A CASE OF EAVESDROPPING
KEEPING HIS PROMISE
WITH INTENT TO STEAL
THE WOOD OF THE DEAD
SMITH: AN EPISODE IN A LODGING-HOUSE
A SUSPICIOUS GIFT
THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF A PRIVATE SECRETARY IN NEW YORK
SKELETON LAKE: AN EPISODE IN CAMP
THE EMPTY HOUSE
Certain houses, like certain persons, manage somehow to proclaim at once their character for evil. In the case of the latter, no par