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The Best Ghost Stories
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Title: The Best Ghost Stories
Author: Various
Release Date: March 1, 2006 [eBook #17893]
Language: English
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The Modern Library of the World's Best Books
THE BEST GHOST STORIES
Introduction by Arthur B. Reeve
The Modern Library Publishers New York Copyright, 1919, by Boni & Liveright, Inc. Manufactured in the United States of America by H. Wolff
CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION--"THE FASCINATION OF THE GHOST STORY" Arthur B. Reeve vii
THE APPARITION OF MRS. VEAL Daniel De Foe 3
CANON AL