# A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories

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A WARNING TO THE CURIOUS
By Dr M.R. JAMES
Provost of Eton
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
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London: Edward Arnold & Co.
A WARNING TO THE CURIOUS
and other Ghost Stories
BY
MONTAGUE RHODES JAMES
Author of ‘“ Ghost Stories of an Antiquary,” etc.
FIFTH IMPRESSION
LONDON EDWARD ARNOLD & CO. 1926
[All rights reserved]
MADE AND PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY THE EDINBURGH PRESS, 9 AND II YOUNG STREET, EDINBURGH.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The first of these stories was written for the library of the Queen’s Doll’s House, and was printed in the Book thereof; I gratefully acknowledge the gracious permission granted by Her Majesty to have it reprinted in this volume.
For like permissions from the editors of the Atlantic Monthly, Empire Review, London Mercury, and Eton Chronic I return thanks.
M. R. JAMES.
September 1925,
CONTENTS
* PAGE
* The Haunted Doll's House................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................9
* The Uncommon Prayer-Book................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................35
* A Neighbour's Landmark................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................70
* A View from a Hill................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................97
* A Warning to the Curious................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................138
* An Evening's Entertainment................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................176
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