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A collection of short supernatural tales presents understated, slowly accumulating dread as antiquaries, clergymen, and country folk disturb ancient relics, decayed houses, and uneasy landscapes. Each piece pairs meticulous description of objects and settings with a restrained narrative voice—often framed or first-person accounts—that allows uncanny phenomena to intrude gradually. Recurring themes include the risks of curiosity, the persistence of the past, and the limits of scholarly certainty, and most stories conclude by revealing consequences rather than delivering tidy resolution.
MADE AND PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY
THE EDINBURGH PRESS, 9 AND 11 YOUNG STREET, EDINBURGH.
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.