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Medieval scholar and school administrator Montague Rhodes James ("Monty" to you) published four volumes of his famous ghost stories. Of course, ghost stories as a old as the human race, but Monty made them respectable with his excellent writing and scholarly background. His specialty was blending humor, horror, and the prosaic everyday lives of the English middle class. One minute a gentleman is changing his collar for dinner and the next a frightful specter has crept up behind him and is grinning in his mirror. I mean, if you insist on spending the night in a spooky Gothic mansion (uninhabited for decades because it's haunted) you should expect to be scared out of your wits. But you should be able to open the door to let the dog out without a skeletal hand grabbing your ankle. Not according to Mr. James.

This is a reprint of the second of James' books - MORE GHOST STORIES - which was published in 1911. In order to get the full flavor of the stories, you must remember that what seems quaint and exotic to us was merely humdrum routine life to people in the Edwardian Era. The seven stories are all different, but there seems to be a recurring theme of retribution. What goes around comes around. Did James believe this or did he simply want to believe (as we all do) that the guilty will be punished and the innocent rewarded?

"A School Story" would have been a big hit with school boys of the day, dealing as it does with a teacher who unwisely acquires an old coin and finds that he's gotten more than he bargained for. "The Rose Garden" is a bit unusual for James because it deals with a married couple and their push-pull relationship. James was a life-long bachelor and his view of marriage is not a rosy one.

"Martin's Close" is my least favorite. I don't find it scary, just long and boring. "Casting the Runes" is a fine story involving a scholarly journal and the malevolent efforts of an author whose book has not been received well. Of course, ALL authors resent criticism and some can get quite vindictive, but if I thought an author would put a curse on me, I'd stop reviewing completely.

"The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral" deals with Anglican clergymen. As James (the son and brother of clergymen) was well aware, men of the cloth are as prone to ambition as the rest of us. Would a man who wants to move to the next rung on the ladder take steps to eliminate his immediate superior?

"Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance" revolves around a common plot - a young man who inherits an estate and finds that it has some strange secrets. There are some fine supporting characters in that one. But my favorite (and the one I remembered from my first reading of these stories some years ago) is "The Tractate Middoth." It may appeal to me because it's about a young librarian and I'm an enthusiastic library user. I also approve of the ending, which blends justice and romance. James may have been out to scare his readers, but he obviously got fond enough of his characters to give them the occasional happy ending.

These are great stories, but this edition lacks an interactive chapter of contents. What's the point of technology if it's not user-friendly? For a dollar, you can get an ebook called 31 GHOST STORIES. It's in the Timeless Wisdom series and it has all of Monty's ghost stories from all four volumes. It also has a nice interactive chapter of contents. Well worth the investment, trust me.


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More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary MR James 9781557425577 Books Reviews

These short stories are unrelated in plot or character but are all excellent examples of the spooky writing of a hundred years ago, very atmospheric.
A nice collection of stories. Some of them require quite a bit of thought while others are enjoyable with one, quick read. Well worth taking the time to read.
I found each of these stories interesting. They are not like our. More recent stories. Several of them have different endings than I. Guessed.
You have to read James slowly at first since his intellect and prose is from the 19th century. As you move through the story you pick up the cadence and feel the fear. I would imagine that King, Clive Davis and the other 20th century horror authors had to have been inspired by him.
"The Casting of the Runes" was loosely adapted for the movie "The Curse of the Demon" (a.k.a. "The Night of the Demon"), and this story is probably the best of the lot, unless it be "The Tractate Middoth" which has a tidy plot. Too many of the others leave a lot unexplained, in a manner unsatisfying to me. Still, some interesting atmosphere and occasional humor (such as the "Dickensesque" portrayal of the steward in the last story) make this worth reading.
This is like getting a second scoop of ice cream, different flavor, but complementing my first choice. All of these tales have a subtle pull, which works well to draw the reader into the story, and creates a passage to let your imagination do the heavy lifting. And believe me, human capacity for scaring oneself is almost limitless! I love these tales, they are so refreshing after exposure to most modern ghost stories. I highly recommend this and the previous volume of ghost stories by this author.
If you like good old fashioned ghost stories, filled with atmosphere and mystery, you’ve found the right book Don’t rush through, but spend time, linger, and absorb it, preferably on dark, rainy evenings when you are all alone... or thought you were.
Medieval scholar and school administrator Montague Rhodes James ("Monty" to you) published four volumes of his famous ghost stories. Of course, ghost stories as a old as the human race, but Monty made them respectable with his excellent writing and scholarly background. His specialty was blending humor, horror, and the prosaic everyday lives of the English middle class. One minute a gentleman is changing his collar for dinner and the next a frightful specter has crept up behind him and is grinning in his mirror. I mean, if you insist on spending the night in a spooky Gothic mansion (uninhabited for decades because it's haunted) you should expect to be scared out of your wits. But you should be able to open the door to let the dog out without a skeletal hand grabbing your ankle. Not according to Mr. James.

This is a reprint of the second of James' books - MORE GHOST STORIES - which was published in 1911. In order to get the full flavor of the stories, you must remember that what seems quaint and exotic to us was merely humdrum routine life to people in the Edwardian Era. The seven stories are all different, but there seems to be a recurring theme of retribution. What goes around comes around. Did James believe this or did he simply want to believe (as we all do) that the guilty will be punished and the innocent rewarded?

"A School Story" would have been a big hit with school boys of the day, dealing as it does with a teacher who unwisely acquires an old coin and finds that he's gotten more than he bargained for. "The Rose Garden" is a bit unusual for James because it deals with a married couple and their push-pull relationship. James was a life-long bachelor and his view of marriage is not a rosy one.

"Martin's Close" is my least favorite. I don't find it scary, just long and boring. "Casting the Runes" is a fine story involving a scholarly journal and the malevolent efforts of an author whose book has not been received well. Of course, ALL authors resent criticism and some can get quite vindictive, but if I thought an author would put a curse on me, I'd stop reviewing completely.

"The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral" deals with Anglican clergymen. As James (the son and brother of clergymen) was well aware, men of the cloth are as prone to ambition as the rest of us. Would a man who wants to move to the next rung on the ladder take steps to eliminate his immediate superior?

"Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance" revolves around a common plot - a young man who inherits an estate and finds that it has some strange secrets. There are some fine supporting characters in that one. But my favorite (and the one I remembered from my first reading of these stories some years ago) is "The Tractate Middoth." It may appeal to me because it's about a young librarian and I'm an enthusiastic library user. I also approve of the ending, which blends justice and romance. James may have been out to scare his readers, but he obviously got fond enough of his characters to give them the occasional happy ending.

These are great stories, but this edition lacks an interactive chapter of contents. What's the point of technology if it's not user-friendly? For a dollar, you can get an ebook called 31 GHOST STORIES. It's in the Timeless Wisdom series and it has all of Monty's ghost stories from all four volumes. It also has a nice interactive chapter of contents. Well worth the investment, trust me.