Walpole was
a popular and critical success in his day, and his 'Herries' books
are still in print. However, his posthumous reputation was
blighted by Somerset Maugham's devastating portrayal of him in
Cakes and
Ale.
Walpole's short stories are appreciated by aficionados of
supernatural fiction.
(Including: "The Silver Mask" (not strictly
supernatural, but Bleier notes that "it should
be"), "The Staircase", "A Carnation for an Old Man",
"Tarnhelm Or, The Death of My Uncle Robert", "Seashore Macabre",
"The Little Ghost", "Mrs Lunt", "The Snow".)
The
Thirteen Travellers, Macmillan (London), 1931
(Including: "Miss Morganhurst", "Mrs Porter and
Miss Allen", "Lizzie Rand".)
The
Silver Thorn,
Macmillan (London), 1936
(Including: "The Tarn", "Major Wilbraham", "The
Tiger".)
The
Golden Scarecrow, Cassell & Company (London), 1915
(Including: "Hugh Seymour (A Prologue)",
"Angelina", " ’Enery".)
Head in
Green Bronze,
Macmillan (London), 1938
(including: "The Fear of Death", "Field With Five
Trees", "The Conjurer".)
Mr Huffam
and Other Stories, Macmillan (London), 1948
(including: "The White Cat", "The Perfect Close",
"Mr Huffam, A Christmas Story".)
Tarnhelm:
The Best Supernatural Stories of Hugh Walpole, Tartarus Press
(Carlton-in-Coverdale), 2003
(Including: "‘The Clocks", "The Twisted Inn", "The
Silver Mask" (not strictly supernatural, but Bleier notes that
"it should be"), "The Staircase", "A Carnation for an Old Man",
"Tarnhelm Or, The Death of My Uncle Robert", "Seashore Macabre",
"The Little Ghost", "Mrs Lunt", "The Snow", "Miss Morganhurst",
"Mrs Porter and Miss Allen", "Lizzie Rand", "The Tarn", "Major
Wilbraham", "The Tiger", "Hugh Seymour (A Prologue)", "Angelina",
" ’Enery", "The Fear of Death", "Field With Five Trees", "The
Conjurer", "The White Cat", "The Perfect Close", "Mr Huffam, A
Christmas Story".)
Anthologies edited by Hugh
Walpole
A Century
of Creepy Stories, Hutchinson (London), [1934]
(Including:
Hugh Walpole : "The Snow", "The Tarn", "A Little Ghost", "Mrs.
Lunt". Arthur Machen: "The Islington Mystery", "The Cosy Room",
"Opening The Door", "Munitions Of War". Flavia Richardson
(Christine Campbell Thomson) : "The Red Turret". Oscar Cook: "When
Glister Walked", "Si Urag Of The Tail", "The Great White Fear",
"Boomerang". Elizabeth Bowen: " The Apple Tree", "Telling", "The
Cat Jumps". Walter De La Mare: "Crewe", "A Recluse". Oliver
Onions: "Two Trifles", "The Smile Of Karen", " 'John Gladwin Says
....' ". E. F. Benson: "The Hanging Of Alfred Wadham". Shane
Leslie: "As In A Glass Dimly", "The Hospital Nurse", "The Lord In
Waiting". Barry Pain: "A Considerable Murder". Lady Cynthia
Asquith: "The Lovely Voice", "The Playfellow", " 'God Grante That
She Lye Stille' ", "The Corner Shop". J. M. Barrie: "Shall We Join
The Ladies?". D. H. Lawrence: "The Rocking-Horse Winner", "The
Lovely Lady". M. R. James: "Rats". L. P. Hartley: "The Killing
Bottle", "The Travelling Grave", "A Visitor From Down Under", "The
Cotillion". W. B. Maxwell: "The Prince", "The Last Man In". C. H.
B. Kitchen: "Dispossession", "Beauty And The Beast". Hilda Hughes:
"Those Whom The Gods Love", "The Birthright". Charles Dickens:
"The Haunted Man And The Ghosts Bargain". May Sinclair: "The Villa
Desiree". Mrs. Belloc-Lowndes: "The Duenna", "The Unbolted Door".
Daniel Defoe: "The Apparition Of Mrs. Veal". Dennis Mackail: "The
Lost Tragedy". Clemence Dane: "Spinster's Rest". Edgar Wallace:
"Circumstantial Evidence". Edgar Allan Poe: "A Descent Into The
Maelstrom", "The Fall Of The House Of Usher", "The Black Cat".
Charles Whibley: "Twelve O'Clock". Enid Bagnold: "The Amorous
Ghost". Desmond MacCarthy: "Pargiton And Harby". H. G. Wells: "The
Country Of The Blind". Washington Irving: "The Spectre
Bridegroom". Mary Webb: "Mr. Tallent's Ghost". Ann Bridge: "The
Buick Saloon". W. S. Morrison, M. P.: "The Horns Of The Bull".
William Gerhardi: "The Man Who Came Back". Philip MacDonald: "Our
Feathered Friends". Ambrose Bierce: "The Stranger". Michael
Joseph: "The Yellow Cat". A. J. Alan: "My Adventure In Norfolk".
Honore De Balzac: "The Mysterious Mansion". Algernon Blackwood:
"The Stranger".
A Second
Century of Creepy Stories, Hutchinson (London), 1937
(Including:
"Mad Monkton" by W.W. Collins, "Mortmain" by J. Metcalfe, "The
Dead Bride" by Anonymous, "Carmilla" by J. S. Le Fanu, "The Green
Door" by Bartimeus, "Tarnhelm" by Sir H. Walpole, "A Watcher by
the Dead" by A. Bierce, "The Trumpet" by W. de la Mare, "The Most
Maddening Story in the World" by R. Strauss, "Change" by Arthur
Machen, "Keeping His Promise" by A. Blackwood, "The Oak Saplings"
by Ex-Private X, "Mr. Humphreys and His Inheritance" by M.R.
James, "The Beckoning Fair One" by O. Onions, "The Horla" by Guy
de Maupassant, "The Upper Berth" by F. Marion Crawford, "The House
in Half Moon Street" by H. Bolitho, "The Inn in the Estuary" by T.
O. Beachcroft, "The Crown Derby Plate" by Marjorie Bowen, "The
Turn of the Screw" by H. James, "Monsieur Seeks a Wife" by
Margaret Irwin, "The Accident" by Ann Bridge, "Mrs. Vaudrey's
Journey" by M. Armstrong, "Browdean Farm" by A.M. Burrage,
"Perchance to Dream" by M. Joyce, "The Drummer of Gordonmuir" by
S. Leslie, "Banquo's Chair" by R. Croft-Cooke.)
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