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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts, by Andrew Lang
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Title: The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
Author: Andrew Lang
Release Date: June 14, 2004 [eBook #12621]
Language: English
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THE BOOK OF DREAMS AND GHOSTS
PREFACE TO THE NEW IMPRESSION
Since the first edition of this book appeared (1897) a considerable number of new and startling ghost stories, British, Foreign and Colonial, not yet published, have reached me. Second Sight abounds. Crystal Gazing has also advanced in popularity. For a singular series of such visions, in which distant persons and places, unknown to the gazer, were correctly described by her, I may refer to my book, The Making of Religion (1898). A memorial stone has been erected on the scene of the story called "The Foul Fords" (p. 269), so that tale is likely to endure in tradition.
July, 1899.
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
The chief purpose of this book is, if fortune helps, to entertain people interested in the kind of narratives here collected. For the sake of orderly arrangement, the stories are classed in different grades, as they advance from the normal and familiar to