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PSYCHICAL RESEARCH · 1897 · PUBLIC DOMAIN

The Book of Dreams and Ghosts

Andrew Lang

78 CHAPTERS · 79,935 WORDS · ABOUT 302 MINUTES

Andrew Lang, folklorist and member of the Society for Psychical Research, sorts the evidence for dreams, visions and ghosts — from the Cock Lane ghost to the haunted houses of his own day — with a sceptic's care and a storyteller's ear.

SUBJECTSApparitionsDreams and visionsSecond sightSociety for Psychical Research
TAGS#ghosts#dreams#psychical-research#spr#second-sight#cock-lane#folklore#scepticism#case-collection
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CONTENTS

  1. 1PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION8 MIN
  2. 2CHAPTER I3 MIN
  3. 3THE DOG FANTI3 MIN
  4. 4MARK TWAIN'S STORY2 MIN
  5. 5THE PIG IN THE DINING-ROOM1 MIN
  6. 6THE MIGNONETTE1 MIN
  7. 7THE LOST SECURITIES1 MIN
  8. 8THE ARREARS OF TEIND5 MIN
  9. 9THE TWO CURMAS1 MIN
  10. 10THE ASSYRIAN PRIEST5 MIN
  11. 11THE KNOT IN THE SHUTTER2 MIN
  12. 12CHAPTER II3 MIN
  13. 13QUEEN MARY'S JEWELS3 MIN
  14. 14THE DEATHBED4 MIN
  15. 15DREAM OF MR. PERCEVAL'S MURDER3 MIN
  16. 16THE RATTLESNAKE1 MIN
  17. 17THE RED LAMP2 MIN
  18. 18THE SCAR IN THE MOUSTACHE1 MIN
  19. 19THE CORAL SPRIGS2 MIN
  20. 20THE SATIN SLIPPERS2 MIN
  21. 21THE DEAD SHOPMAN1 MIN
  22. 22NOTE1 MIN
  23. 23CHAPTER III6 MIN
  24. 24UNDER THE LAMP1 MIN
  25. 25THE COW WITH THE BELL6 MIN
  26. 26CHAPTER IV3 MIN
  27. 27THE OLD FAMILY COACH1 MIN
  28. 28RIDING HOME FROM MESS3 MIN
  29. 29THE BRIGHT SCAR2 MIN
  30. 30THE VISION AND THE PORTRAIT2 MIN
  31. 31THE RESTRAINING HAND1 MIN
  32. 32THE BENEDICTINE'S VOICES1 MIN
  33. 33THE MAN AT THE LIFT1 MIN
  34. 34CHAPTER V3 MIN
  35. 35THE WRAITH OF THE CZARINA1 MIN
  36. 36AN "ASTRAL BODY"4 MIN
  37. 37IN TAVISTOCK PLACE {93}3 MIN
  38. 38LORD BROUGHAM'S STORY3 MIN
  39. 39THE DYING MOTHER {101}2 MIN
  40. 40THE VISION OF THE BRIDE3 MIN
  41. 41APPEARANCES OF THE DEAD4 MIN
  42. 42THE DAEMON OF SPRAITON IN DEVON {111} ANNO 168211 MIN
  43. 43CAVALIER VERSION {121}1 MIN
  44. 44WYNDHAM'S LETTER6 MIN
  45. 45LORD LYTTELTON'S GHOST4 MIN
  46. 46THE SLAYING OF SERGEANT DAVIES6 MIN
  47. 47"DEAR LANG,1 MIN
  48. 48CONCERNING THE MURDER OF SERGEANT DAVIES3 MIN
  49. 49THE GARDENER'S GHOST2 MIN
  50. 50THE DOG O' MAUSE11 MIN
  51. 51PETER'S GHOST1 MIN
  52. 52TICONDEROGA6 MIN
  53. 53THE BERESFORD GHOST11 MIN
  54. 54HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK9 MIN
  55. 55"PUT OUT THE LIGHT!"1 MIN
  56. 56CHAPTER IX2 MIN
  57. 57THE CREAKING STAIR1 MIN
  58. 58THE GROCER'S COUGH1 MIN
  59. 59MY GILLIE'S FATHER'S STORY1 MIN
  60. 60THE DREAM THAT KNOCKED AT THE DOOR2 MIN
  61. 61THE GIRL IN PINK2 MIN
  62. 62THE DOG IN THE HAUNTED ROOM2 MIN
  63. 63THE LADY IN BLACK4 MIN
  64. 64THE DANCING DEVIL6 MIN
  65. 65THE WESLEY GHOST11 MIN
  66. 66LORD ST. VINCENT'S GHOST STORY6 MIN
  67. 67MORE HAUNTED HOUSES4 MIN
  68. 68HAUNTED MRS. CHANG2 MIN
  69. 69THE GREAT AMHERST MYSTERY10 MIN
  70. 70THE HYMN OF DONALD BAN2 MIN
  71. 71THE DEVIL OF HJALTA-STAD {246}4 MIN
  72. 72THE GHOST AT GARPSDAL4 MIN
  73. 73THE STORY OF GLAM17 MIN
  74. 74'THE FOUL FORDS' OR THE LONGFORMACUS FARRIER3 MIN
  75. 75THE MARVELS AT FRODA {273}16 MIN
  76. 76THE COLD HAND3 MIN
  77. 77THE BLACK DOG AND THE THUMBLESS HAND8 MIN
  78. 78THE GHOST THAT BIT15 MIN

THE TEXT

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