The Ghost Story Omnibus

by Joseph Lewis French (Editor), James Hervey Hyslop (Foreword), Edward Bulwer-Lytton (Contributor)

Anthology of Ghost Stories including the following authors:
Lord Edward Bulwer-Lytton, A.T. Quiller-Couch, Mrs. Margaret Oliphant, Ernest Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, Erckmann-Chatrain, Fiona Macleod, Amelia B. Edwards, H.B. Marryatt, Thomas Hardy, Theophile Gautier, Montague Rhodes James, Fitz-James O'Brien

Genres: Short Stories, Horror, Ghosts, Anthologies

292 pages, hard cover

First published January 1, 1918

About the author

1858-1936

Reviews

[Peter Heinrich · Rating 3 out of 5]

More interesting to read as examples of some famous authors' genre work than anything truly scary. Hardy's The Withered Arm, despite the melodramatic title, is definitely the best entry, although there are others worth reading.