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Black Spirits and White: A Book of Ghost Stories

<h2>POSTSCRIPT.</h2> There seem to be certain well-defined roots existing in all countries, from which spring the current legends of the supernatural; and therefore for the germs of the stories in this book the Author claims no originality. These legends differ one from the other only in local color and in individual treatment. If the Author has succeeded in clothing one or two of these norms in some slightly new vesture, he is more than content. Boston, July 3, 1895. <div class="p1">THE END.</div> <hr /> <div class="bk2">THE PRINTING WAS DONE AT THE LAKESIDE PRESS, CHICAGO, FOR STONE & KIMBALL, PUBLISHERS. </div> <hr /> <h2><big>Concerning the Books</big> of <big>Stone & Kimball</big></h2> <div class="center"><big>1895-1896</big></div> <div class="figc3"> <ANTIMG src="images/003.png" width-obs="200" height-obs="123" alt="" title="" /></div> <div class="center">CHICAGO & LONDON</div> <hr /> <div class="hd2">Cable Address: "ESSANKAY, CHICAGO" "EDITORSHIP, LONDON"</div> <hr />[i] <h2>THE PUBLICATIONS OF <big>STONE & KIMBALL.</big></h2> <div class="bk3">ADAMS, FRANCIS. Essays in Modernity. Crown 8vo. $1.25, net. Shortly. ALLEN, GRANT. The Lower Slopes. Reminiscences of Excursions round the Base of Helicon, undertaken for the most part in early manhood. With a titlepage by J. Illingworth Kay. Printed by T. & A. Constable, Edinburgh. Crown 8vo. 80 pp. $1.50, net. ARCHER, WILLIAM. See Green Tree Library, Vol. III. BELL, LILIAN. A Little Sister to the Wilderness. By the author of "The Love Affairs of an Old Maid." With a cover designed by Bruce Rogers. 16mo. 267 pp. $1.25. Fourth thousand. BROWNE, E. S. See English Classics. Hajji Baba. BURGESS, GILBERT. The Love Letters of Mr. H. and Miss R. 1775-1779. Edited, with an introduction by Gilbert Burgess. Small crown 8vo. 240 pp. $1.50. CARMAN, BLISS.[ii] Low Tide on Grand Pré. Revised and enlarged. With a titlepage designed by Martin Mower. 18mo. Gilt top, deckled edges. 132 pp. $1.00, net. Also fifty copies on old English handmade paper, each signed by the author. Square 8vo. $3.50, net. Very few remain. CARNATION SERIES. Bound in cloth, with carnation design on the covers. 18mo. Rough edges. $1.00 a volume. Vol. I. The Gypsy Christ and Other Tales. By William Sharp. Vol. II. The Sister of a Saint and Other Stories. By Grace Ellery Channing. Vol. III. Black Spirits and White. A book of ghost stories. By Ralph Adams Cram. Vol. IV. The Sin Eater and Other Stories. By Fiona Macleod. Vol. V. The Gods Give My Donkey Wings. By Angus Evan Abbott. Other volumes to follow. CHANNING, GRACE ELLERY. The Sister of a Saint and Other Stories. See Carnation Series. CHATFIELD-TAYLOR, H. C. Two Women and a Fool. With eight pictures by C. D. Gibson. 232 pp. $1.50. Seventh thousand. CONGREVE, WILLIAM.[iii] The Comedies of William Congreve. See English Classics. CRAM, RALPH ADAMS. Black Spirits and White. A book of ghost stories. See Carnation Series. DAVIDSON, JOHN. Plays. An Unhistorical Pastoral; a Romantic Farce; Bruce, a Chronicle Play; Smith, a Tragic Farce; Scaramouch in Naxos, a Pantomime. With a frontispiece and cover design by Aubrey Beardsley. Printed at the Ballantyne Press, London. Small 4to. 294 pp. $2.00, net. DeKOVEN, MRS. REGINALD. A Sawdust Doll. With cover and titlepage designed by Frank Hazenplug. Printed at the Lakeside Press. 16mo. 237 pp. $1.25. Fifth thousand. FIELD, EUGENE. The Holy Cross and Other Tales. With cover, titlepage, and initial-letter pieces designed by Louis J. Rhead. Printed at the University Press, on English laid paper. 18mo. Gilt top, deckled edges. 191 pp. $1.25. Third thousand. Also 110 copies, 100 for sale, on Holland paper, with special dedications of the various tales. 8vo. $5.00, net. Very few remain. GALE, NORMAN. A Country Muse. First Series, revised and enlarged. Printed by T. & A. Constable, Edinburgh. Crown, 8vo. 145 pp. $1.25, net. [iv]A June Romance. With a titlepage and tailpiece designed by Basil Johnson. Printed on antique paper at the Rugby Press. 107 pp. Price, $1.00. Third thousand. ENGLISH CLASSICS. Edited by William Ernest Henley. The ordinary "cheap edition" appears to have served its purpose; the public has found out the artist-printers, and is now ready for something better fashioned. This, then, is the moment for the issue of such a series as, while well within the reach of the average buyer, shall be at once an ornament to the shelf of him that owns, and a delight to the eye of him that reads. The series will confine itself to no single period or department of literature. Poetry, fiction, drama, biography, autobiography, letters, essays,—in all these fields is the material of many goodly volumes. The books are printed by Messrs. Constable, of Edinburgh, on laid paper, with deckle edges, and bound in crushed buckram, crown 8vo, at $1.25 a volume, net. <big>THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY.</big> By Laurence Sterne. With an introduction by Charles Whibley, and a portrait. 2 vols. <big>THE COMEDIES OF WILLIAM CONGREVE.</big> With an introduction by G. S. Street, and a portrait. 2 vols. [v]<big>THE ADVENTURES OF HAJJI BABA OF ISPAHAN.</big> By James Morier. With an introduction by E. S. Browne, M. A., and a portrait. 2 vols. <big>ENGLISH SEAMEN.</big> By Robert Southey. 1 vol. <big>LIVES OF DONNE, WOTTON, HOOKER, HERBERT, AND SANDERSON.</big> By Izaak Walton. With an introduction by Vernon Blackburn, and a portrait. 1 vol. Others to follow. GARLAND, HAMLIN. Prairie Songs. Verses. With cover, head and initial letter pieces designed by H. T. Carpenter. Printed at the University Press on specially made paper. 16mo. Buckram, gilt top, edges uncut. 164 pp. $1.25, net. Also 110 numbered copies, 100 for sale, on large paper, each signed by the author. 8vo. $5.00, net. Very few remain. Main-Travelled Roads. Six stories of the Mississippi Valley. A revised edition, with an introduction by W. D. Howells, and frontispiece, headpieces, and cover design by H. T. Carpenter. Printed at the University Press on specially made paper. 16mo. Buckram, gilt top and uncut edges. 251 pp. $1.25. Twelfth thousand. [vi]Also 110 copies, 100 for sale, on large paper. 8vo. $5.00, net. Very few remain. Crumbling Idols. Twelve essays on Art, dealing chiefly with Literature, Painting, and the Drama. Printed at the University Press. 16mo. 192 pp. $1.25. GOSSE, EDMUND. In Russet and Silver. Printed at the University Press on English laid paper. Cover designed by Will H. Bradley. 16mo. 158 pp. $1.25, net. Second edition. Also 75 copies on large paper, numbered from 1 to 10 (Japanese vellum), at $6.00, and 11 to 75 (English handmade), at $3.50, net. GRAHAME, KENNETH. The Golden Age. 16mo. Crushed buckram. 241 pp. $1.25. Third thousand. GREEN TREE LIBRARY. A series of books representing what may broadly be called the new movement in literature. The intention is to publish uniformly the best of the decadent writings of various countries, done into English and consistently brought together for the first time. The volumes are all copyright, and are issued in a uniform binding—The Green Tree—designed by Henry McCarter. Vol. I. Vistas. By William Sharp. 16mo. 183 pp. $1.25, net. Vol. II. The Plays of Maurice Maeterlinck. Princess Maleine; The Blind; The Intruder; The Seven Princesses. Translated[vii] by Richard Hovey. With an introductory essay on Symbolism. 16mo. 369 pp. $1.25, net. Second edition. Vol. III. Little Eyolf. A play by Henrik Ibsen. Translated by William Archer. 16mo. 164 pp. $1.50 net. Second edition. Vol. IV. Poems of Paul Verlaine. Translated by Gertrude Hall. With pictures by Henry McCarter. 16mo. 110 pp. $1.50, net. Also 100 numbered copies on Imperial Japanese vellum, with artist's proofs of all the pictures. Small 4to. Nos. 1 to 15, containing an extra set of proofs on India paper, mounted, $15.00, net. Nos. 16 to 100, $10.00, net. Vol. V. The Massacre of the Innocents and Other Tales. By Maeterlinck, Eekhoudt, Van Lerbergh, and the leaders of the Belgian Renaissance. Translated by Edith Wingate Rinder. 16mo. $1.25, net. Vol. VI. Pharais. A Celtic Romance. By Fiona Macleod. 16mo. $1.25, net. Vol. VII. The Plays of Maurice Maeterlinck. Second series. Pelléas and Mélisande, and Three Plays for Marionettes. Translated by Richard Hovey. With an introduction by Maeterlinck. 16mo. In preparation. Other volumes to follow. HAKE, THOMAS GORDON. Selections from the Poems of Thomas Gordon Hake. Edited, with an introduction, by Mrs. Meynell (Alice C. Thompson). With[viii] a portrait after a drawing by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Printed by T. & A. Constable, Edinburgh. Crown 8vo. 155 pp. $1.50, net. HALE, EDWARD EVERETT. See Taylor. HALL, GERTRUDE. See Green Tree Library, Vol. IV. HALL, TOM. When Hearts are Trumps. Verses. With decorations by Will H. Bradley. 16mo. $1.25. Third thousand. HEAD, FRANKLIN H. See Swing. HOVEY, RICHARD. The Marriage of Guenevere. With a cover designed by T. B. Meteyard. 18mo. $1.50. See Green Tree Library, Vols. II. and VII. HOWELLS, W. D. See Garland. IBSEN, HENRIK. Little Eyolf. See Green Tree Library, Vol. III. MACKAY, ERIC. A Song of the Sea, My Lady of Dreams, and Other Poems. By the author of "The Love Letters of a Violinist." 16mo. $1.25. MAETERLINCK, MAURICE. Plays of Maurice Maeterlinck. See Green Tree Library, Vols. II. and VII. [ix]McCULLOCH, HUGH, JR. The Quest of Heracles and Other Poems. Titlepage designed by Pierre la Rose. Printed at the De Vinne Press on Van Gelder handmade paper. 16mo. 95 pp. Cloth, $1.25, net. MEEKINS, LYNN R. The Robb's Island Wreck and Other Stories. Printed at the University Press, 16mo. 192 pp. $1.00. MEYNELL, MRS. See Hake. MILLER, JOAQUIN. The Building of the City Beautiful. A poetic romance. Printed at the University Press on American laid paper. 18mo. Gilt top, deckled edges. 196 pp. $1.50. Third edition. Also 50 copies on large paper. $3.50, net. Very few remain. MOULTON, LOUISE CHANDLER. Arthur O'Shaughnessy. His Life and His Work, with selections from his poems. With a portrait from a drawing by August F. Jaccaci. Printed at the De Vinne Press on English laid paper. 450 copies. 18mo. 120 pp. Price, $1.25, net. Also, 60 numbered copies on Holland handmade paper (only 50 being for sale), at $3.50. MORIER, JAMES. The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan. See English Classics. [x]OSBOURNE, LLOYD. See Stevenson. O'SHAUGHNESSY, ARTHUR. See Moulton. PARKER, GILBERT. A Lover's Diary. Songs in Sequence. With a frontispiece by Will H. Low. Printed at the University Press on antique paper. 18mo. 147 pp. $1.25, net. Second edition. Also 50 copies on Dickinson handmade paper. $3.50 (all sold). Pierre and His People. Tales of the Far North. Printed at the University Press on laid paper. 18mo. 318 pp. $1.25. Third edition. When Valmond Came to Pontiac. The Story of a Lost Napoleon. With a cover designed by Bruce Rogers. 16mo. 222 pp. $1.50. Fifth thousand. POE, EDGAR ALLAN. The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe. Newly collected, edited, and for the first time revised after the author's final manuscript corrections, by Edmund Clarence Stedman and George Edward Woodberry, with many portraits, fac-similes, and pictures by Albert Edward Sterner. This is the only complete edition of Poe's works. The entire writings have been revised; innumerable errors have been corrected; quotations have been verified, and the work now stands—for the first time—as Poe wished it to[xi] stand. The editors contribute a memoir, critical introduction, and notes; the variorum texts are given and new matter has been added. The portraits include several which have never appeared in book form before, and the printing has been carefully done at the University Press in Cambridge on specially made, deckled edge paper. In fine, the edition aims to be definitive, and is intended alike for the librarian, the student, and the book-lover. In ten volumes, price $15.00, net, a set; or separately, $1.50, net, per volume. The large-paper edition, limited to 250 numbered sets for America, contains a series of illustrations to the tales by Aubrey Beardsley, and a signed etching by Mr. Sterner,—not included in the small-paper edition,—proofs of all the pictures printed on India paper, and, in truth, is a luxurious edition. On handsome paper, octavo. Price, $50.00, net. Sold only in sets; numbers will be assigned as the orders are received. <div class="bq">New York Tribune: "At no time in the future is it probable that the labors of his present editors and publishers will be superseded." New York Times: "Doubtless no other men in this country were better fitted for this arduous and delicate task than those who have, at length, undertaken it." </div> SANTAYANA, GEORGE. Sonnets and Other Poems. With titlepage designed by the author. Printed at the University Press on laid paper. 16mo. Buckram. 90 pp. Price, $1.25, net. Out of print. [xii]SHARP, WILLIAM. Vistas. See Green Tree Library, Vol. I. The Gypsy Christ and Other Tales. See Carnation Series, Vol. I. SOUTHALL, J. E. The Story of Bluebeard. Newly translated and elaborately illustrated. $1.25. SOUTHEY, ROBERT. English Seamen. See English Classics. STEDMAN, E. C. See Poe. STERNE, LAURENCE. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy. See English Classics. STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS. The Later Works of Robert Louis Stevenson. Published in a uniform edition. 16mo. Bound in green crushed buckram. The Amateur Emigrant. 180 pp. $1.25. Fourth thousand. Vailima Letters. From Robert Louis Stevenson to Sidney Colvin. With an etched portrait by William Strang and two portraits of Stevenson in Samoa. In two volumes. 16mo. $2.25. —— AND LLOYD OSBOURNE. The Ebb-Tide. A Trio and Quartette. 204 pp. $1.25. Sixth thousand. —— AND WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY. Macaire. A Melodramatic Farce. In three acts. $1.00. [xiii]STREET, G. S. See Congreve. SWING, DAVID. Old Pictures of Life. With an introduction by Franklin H. Head. In two volumes. 16mo. Vol. I., 191 pp.; vol. II., 220 pp. $2.00. TAYLOR, WINNIE LOUISE. His Broken Sword. A novel. With an introduction by Edward Everett Hale. Printed at the University Press on American laid paper. 12mo. Gilt top, deckled edges. 354 pp. $1.25. Third edition. THOMPSON, MAURICE. Lincoln's Grave. A Poem. With a titlepage by George H. Hallowell. Printed at the University Press. 16mo. 36 pp. Price, $1.00, net. VERLAINE, PAUL. Poems of Paul Verlaine. See Green Tree Library, Vol. IV. WHIBLEY, CHARLES. See Sterne. WOODBERRY, GEORGE EDWARD. See Poe. YEATS, W. B. The Land of Heart's Desire. A play. With a frontispiece by Aubrey Beardsley. Printed at the University Press. 16mo. 43 pp. Price, $1.00, net. </div> <hr /> <h2>The Chap-Book.</h2> <div class="bk4"><big>A Miniature Magazine and Review.</big> <big>Semi-Monthly.</big> <big>STONE & KIMBALL The Caxton Building, Chicago.</big> <big>Price, 5 Cents. $1.00 a Year.</big> </div> <div class='center'> <table class="sp4" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary=""> <tr><td class="center" colspan="2"><big>CONTRIBUTORS.</big></td></tr> <tr><td class="td1">Thomas Bailey Aldrich</td><td class="td3">Stéphane Mallarmé</td></tr> <tr><td class="td1">Maurice Maeterlinck</td><td class="td3">Eugene Field</td></tr> <tr><td class="td1">Richard Henry Stoddard</td><td class="td3">Hamlin Garland</td></tr> <tr><td class="td1">Gilbert Parker</td><td class="td3">I. Zangwill</td></tr> <tr><td class="td1">Kenneth Grahame</td><td class="td3">Louise Imogen Guiney</td></tr> <tr><td class="td1">Bliss Carman</td><td class="td3">Gertrude Hall</td></tr> <tr><td class="td1">John Davidson</td><td class="td3">Maria Louise Pool</td></tr> <tr><td class="td1">Charles G. D. Roberts</td><td class="td3">William Sharp</td></tr> <tr><td class="td1">Paul Verlaine</td><td class="td3">Archibald Lampman</td></tr> <tr><td class="td1">Alice Brown</td><td class="td3">H. B. Marriott Watson</td></tr> <tr><td class="td1">Julian Hawthorne</td><td class="td3">Richard Burton</td></tr> <tr><td class="td1">Clyde Fitch</td><td class="td3">H. H. Boyesen</td></tr> <tr><td class="td1">Edmund Gosse</td><td class="td3">Lewis Gates</td></tr> <tr><td class="td1">Maurice Thompson</td><td class="td3">H. W. Mabie</td></tr> <tr><td class="td1">C. F. Bragdon</td><td class="td3">F. Vallotton</td></tr> <tr><td class="td1">Will H. Bradley</td><td class="td3">J. F. Raffaelli</td></tr> <tr><td class="td1">Louise Chandler Moulton</td><td class="td3">C. D. Gibson</td></tr> <tr><td class="td1">Robert Louis Stevenson</td><td class="td3">William Ernest Henley</td></tr> <tr><td class="center" colspan="2">Theodore Wratislaw</td></tr> </table></div> <div class="figc1" style="width: 25em;">There is no question that the Chap-Book is the best printed periodical in the world. —Boston Traveller. The Chap-Book continues to be delightfully clever and irresponsible. —Charleston News and Courier. </div> <div class="trn">Transcriber's Note: Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note.</div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div>

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