Böcker av Dorothy Scarborough

The love of man for the paranormal has never been more evident than it is now. The haunting world's population has significantly increased since the most recent census. All facets of literature reflect the shadow less spirit, and even a lodge in a vast wilderness would have the company of spirits.According to a magazine article, Mr. Boggs' ghost was frustrated by spectral visitors. At a séance, he had previously conversed with a speaker claiming to be his brother's ghost. He thought, "I'm not so darn sure!According to Schopenhauer, a belief in ghosts is innate to man and can be found in all ages and locations. Man is fascinated by the topic because he is aware that whether or not he has seen a ghost, he will eventually become one.Modern ghosts are evolving complexes of various kinds, making them less simple and primitive than their forebears. They use all of the mortals' mechanisms and agencies in addition to their own means of communication and transportation.More often than any other animal, the dog makes an appearance in fiction as a ghost. The poetry of Richard Le Gallienne appeals to readers with tenderness rather than terror.

CONTENTS: Introduction: The Humorous Ghost The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde The Ghost-Extinguisher by Gelett Burgess "Dey Ain't No Ghosts" by Ellis Parker Butler The Transferred Ghost by Frank R. Stockton The Mummy's Foot by Théophile Gautier The Rival Ghosts by Brander Matthews The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall by John Kendrick Bangs Back from that Bourne by Anonymous The Ghost-Ship by Richard Middleton The Transplanted Ghost by Wallace Irwin The Last Ghost in Harmony by Nelson Lloyd The Ghost of Miser Brimpson by Eden Phillpotts The Haunted Photograph by Ruth McEnery Stuart The Ghost that Got the Button by Will Adams The Specter Bridegroom by Washington Irving The Specter of Tappington Compiled by Richard Barham In the Barn by Burges Johnson A Shady Plot by Elsie Brown The Lady and the Ghost by Rose Cecil O'Neill

The story of Letty, a delicate girl who is forced to move from lush Virginia to desolate West Texas.

Emily Dorothy Scarborough (January 27, 1878 - November 7, 1935) was an American writer who wrote about Texas, folk culture, cotton farming, ghost stories and women''s life in the Southwest. "Ghosts are the true immortals, and the dead grow more alive all the time. Wraiths have a greater vitality to-day than ever before. They are far more numerous than at any time in the past, and people are more interested in them. There are persons that claim to be acquainted with specific spirits, to speak with them, to carry on correspondence with them, and even some who insist that they are private secretaries to the dead. Others of us mortals, more reserved, are content to keep such distance as we may from even the shadow of a shade. But there''s no getting away from ghosts nowadays, for even if you shut your eyes to them in actual life, you stumble over them in the books you read, you see them on the stage and on the screen, and you hear them on the lecture platform."