A
distinguished scholar and academic, James was awarded the Order of
Merit in 1930. He had a penchant for the macabre and supernatural,
and is famous for his ghost stories.
Ghost Stories
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Edward Arnold
(London), [1904]
ditto, Longmans (U.S.), 1905
(Including: " Canon Alberic's Scrap-book", "Lost
Hearts", "The Mezzotint", "The Ash-tree", "Number 13", "Count
Magnus", "'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'", "The
Treasure of Abbot Thomas".)
More Ghost Stories, Edward Arnold (London),
1911
(Including: "A School Story", "The Rose Garden",
"The Tractate Middoth", "Casting the Runes", "The Stalls of
Barchester Cathedral", "Martin's Close", Mr Humphreys and His
Inheritance".)
A Thin Ghost, Edward Arnold (London),
1919
(Including: "The Residence at Whitminster", "The
Diary of Mr Poynter", "An Episode of Cathedral History", "The
Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance", "Two
Doctors".)
The Five Jars, Edward Arnold (London), 1922
ditto, Ash-Tree Press (Chester), 1995
A Warning to the Curious, Edward Arnold (London),
1925
ditto, Longmans (U.S.), 1925
(Including: "The Haunted Dolls' House", "The
Uncommon Prayer-Book", "A Neighbour's Landmark", "A View from a
Hill", "A Warning to the Curious", "An Evening's
Entertainment".)
Wailing Well, Mill House Press, 1928 (157
numbered copies)
Collected Ghost Stories, Edward Arnold (London),
1931
ditto, Longmans (U.S.), 1931
(Including: " Canon Alberic's Scrap-book", "Lost
Hearts", "The Mezzotint", "The Ash-tree", "Number 13", "Count
Magnus", "'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'", "The
Treasure of Abbot Thomas", "A School Story", "The Rose Garden",
"The Tractate Middoth", "Casting the Runes", "The Stalls of
Barchester Cathedral", "Martin's Close", Mr Humphreys and His
Inheritance", "The Residence at Whitminster", "The Diary of Mr
Poynter", "An Episode of Cathedral History", "The Story of a
Disappearance and an Appearance", "Two Doctors", "The Haunted
Dolls' House", "The Uncommon Prayer-Book", "A Neighbour's
Landmark", "A View from a Hill", "A Warning to the Curious", "An
Evening's Entertainment", "Wailing Well", "There was a Man Dwelt
by a Churchyard", "Rats", "After Dark in the Playing
Fields".)
Two Ghost Stories: A Centenary, Ghost Story Press,
1993
(Contains facsimilies of the manuscripts of "Canon
Alberic's Scrapbook" and "Lost Hearts".)
The Fenstanton Witch and Others: M.R. James in
Ghosts and Scholars, Haunted Library, 1999
(Including: "Introduction" by Rosemary Pardoe,
(Story Drafts) "The Fenstanton Witch", "Marcilly-le-Hayer", "John
Humphreys", "A Night in King's College Chapel", "The Game of
Bear", ""Speaker Lenthall's Tomb", ""Merfield House", (Story) "The
Malice of Inanimate Objects", (Articles etc. by MRJ) "M.R. James
on J.S. le Fanu", "Letters to a Child", "An M.R. James Letter"
(introduced and annotated by Jack Adrian).)
A Pleasing Terror: The Complete Supernatural
Writings, Ash-Tree Press (Ashcroft, British Columbia),
2001
(Includes: "Preface" by Christopher Roden and
Barbara Roden, "Introduction" by Steve Duffy, "A Memoir of
Montague Rhodes James" by S. G. Lubbock. Ghost Stories of an
Antiquary: "Preface", "Canon Alberic's Scrap-book", "Lost
Hearts", "The Mezzotint", "The Ash-tree", "Number 13", "Count
Magnus", " 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad' ", "The
Treasure of Abbot Thomas". More Ghost Stories of an
Antiquary: "Preface", "A School Story", "The Rose Garden",
"The Tractate Middoth", "Casting the Runes", "The Stalls of
Barchester Cathedral", "Martin's Close", "Mr Humphreys and his
Inheritance". A Thin Ghost and Others: "Preface", "The Residence at
Whitminster", "The Diary of Mr Poynter", "An Episode of Cathedral
History", "The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance", "Two
Doctors". A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost
Stories: "Acknowledgments", "The Haunted Dolls' House",
"The Uncommon Prayer-Book", "A Neighbour"s Landmark", "A View from
a Hill", "A Warning to the Curious", "An Evening's Entertainment".
Other Ghost Stories: "Preface" to Collected Ghost
Stories (1931), "There was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard", "Rats",
"After Dark in the Playing Fields", "Wailing Well", "The
Experiment", "The Malice of Inanimate Objects", "A Vignette".
Fragments: "The Fenstanton Witch",
"Marcilly-le-Hayer", "John Humphreys", "A Night in King"s College
Chapel", "The Game of Bear", "Speaker Lenthall's Tomb", "Merfield
House. Twelve Medieval Ghost Stories. Articles: "Stories I Have
Tried to Write", "Some Remarks on Ghost Stories", "Ghosts-Treat
Them Gently!", "Ghost Story Competition", "Introduction for
Ghosts & Marvels", "The Novels and Stories of
J. Sheridan Le Fanu", "MRJ's "Prologue" to Madam Crowl's
Ghost, MRJ's "Epilogue" to Madam Crowl's
Ghost, MRJ's "Introduction" to Uncle
Silas. Letters: "MRJ to Gwendolen McBryde",
"Letters to a Child". "The Five Jars". "Auditor and Impresario".
Appendices. A Select Bibliography. M.R. James on Film, Radio and
Television.)
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