Ghosts, &c.! : A true and particular account of the disastrous circumstances attending the horrible and most awful appearance of a ghost, which took place in a house in the High Street of Edinburgh, on Wednesday evening, the 17th October, 1827.
Maidment, James,1793-1879,former owner.StEdNL.
[Edinburgh?] : Printed for William Walters,
[1827?]
The account details two ghost sightings in Edinburgh, both of which occurred within the space of a week: one in Stevenlaw's Close and the other at 166 High Street. The first sighting appears to have been witnessed by a group of around 500 hundred people, whilst the spectre at 166 High Street was viewed by a solitary maid-servant.
'Price one penny'.
Offprint from the Edinburgh Weekly Chronicle of October 24th, 1827.
Provenance: Bound in a volume carrying the inscription 'This collection is understood to have been formed by the late James Maidment and it has been added to by me. John A. Fairley' on first fly-leaf.
Ghosts