Chapter II: Introduction: The Imperishable Ghost

THE WILLOWS
BY ALGERNON BLACKWOOD

THE SHADOWS ON THE WALL
BY MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN

THE MESSENGER
BY ROBERT W. CHAMBERS

LAZARUS
BY LEONID ANDREYEV

THE BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS
BY W. F. HARVEY

THE MASS OF SHADOWS
BY ANATOLE FRANCE

WHAT WAS IT?
BY FITZ-JAMES O'BRIEN

THE MIDDLE TOE OF THE RIGHT FOOT
BY AMBROSE BIERCE

THE SHELL OF SENSE
BY OLIVIA HOWARD DUNBAR

THE WOMAN AT SEVEN BROTHERS
BY WILBUR DANIEL STEELE

AT THE GATE
BY MYLA JO CLOSSER

LIGEIA
BY EDGAR ALLAN POE

THE HAUNTED ORCHARD
BY RICHARD LE GALLIENNE

THE BOWMEN
BY ARTHUR MACHEN

A GHOST
BY GUY DE MAUPASSANT

The Willows

BY ALGERNON BLACKWOOD

From _The Listener_, by Algernon Blackwood. Published in America by
E.P. Dutton, and in England by Everleigh Nash, Ltd. By permission
of the publishers and Algernon Blackwood.