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by Arthur B. Reeve, Joseph Lewis French

The present book 'The Best Ghost Stories' consists of ghost stories written and compiled by famous writer Arthur B. Reeve and Joseph Lewis French. This anthology was first published in the year 1919.

232 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1919

About the author

Arthur Benjamin Reeve (October 15, 1880 - August 9, 1936) was an American mystery writer. He is best known for creating the series character Professor Craig Kennedy, sometimes called "The American Sherlock Holmes", and Kennedy's Dr. Watson-like sidekick Walter Jameson, a newspaper reporter, in 18 detective novels. The bulk of Reeve's fame is based on the 82 Craig Kennedy stories, published in Cosmopolitan magazine between 1910 and 1918. These were collected in book form; with the third collection, the short stories were stitched together into pseudo-novels. The 12-volume Craig Kennedy Stories were released in 1918; it reissued Reeve's books-to-date as a matched set.

Reviews

[Quirkyreader · Rating 4 out of 5]

I my opinion, you really can’t call this collection “The Best Ghost Stories”.

Granted it has some gems by classic writers of the genre, but it also has filler that drags the collection down.

[Tom · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.7⭐

"Man is incurably fascinated by the mysterious. If all the ghost stories of the ages were blotted out, man would invent new ones."

Introduction—"The Fascination of the Ghost Story" Arthur B. Reeve ✔
The Apparition of Mrs. Veal Daniel De Foe 3⭐
Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book Montague Rhodes James 4⭐
The Haunted and the Haunters Edward Bulwer-Lytton 5⭐
The Silent Woman Leopold Kompert 2.5⭐
Banshees 3⭐
The Man Who Went Too Far E.F. Benson 3⭐
The Woman's Ghost Story Algernon Blackwood 4⭐
The Phantom Rickshaw Rudyard Kipling 4⭐
The Rival Ghosts Brander Matthews 3⭐
The Damned Thing Ambrose Bierce 4⭐
The Interval Vincent O'Sullivan 3.25⭐
Dey Ain't No Ghosts Ellis Parker Butler 3⭐

Some Real American Ghosts: 3⭐
THE GIANT GHOST (Philadelphia Press, Sept. 13, 1896) ✔
SOME FAMOUS GHOSTS OF THE NATIONAL CAPITOL (Philadelphia Press, Oct. 2, 1898) ✔
A GENUINE GHOST (Philadelphia Press, March 25, 1884) ✔
THE BAGGAGEMAN'S GHOST ✔
DRUMMERS SEE A SPECTER (St Louis Globe-Democrat, Oct. 6, 1887) ✔
DR. FUNK SEES THE SPIRIT OF BEECHER (New York Herald, April 4, 1903) ✔
MYSTERY OF THE COINS ✔
MR. BEECHER APPEASED ✔
MARYLAND GHOSTS (Baltimore American, May 1886) ✔
THE GHOST OF PEG ALLEY'S POINT✔
AN APPARITION AND DEATH✔
AN IDIOT GHOST WITH BRASS BUTTONS (Philadelphia Press, June 16, 1889) ✔
A MODEL GHOST STORY (Boston Courier, Aug. 10) ✔
A GHOST THAT WILL NOT DOWN (Cincinnati Enquirer, Sept. 30, 1884) ✔
TOM CYPHER'S PHANTOM ENGINE (Seattle Press-Times, Jan. 10, 1892) ✔
GHOSTS IN CONNECTICUT (N.Y. Sun, Sept. 1, 1885) ✔
THE SPOOK OF DIAMOND ISLAND (St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Sept. 18, 1888) ✔
THE GHOST'S FULL HOUSE (N.Y. Sun, April 10, 1891) ✔

[Di · Rating 3 out of 5]

"'In the midst of life we are in debt.'"
Some Real American Ghosts, page 217

With eerie ethereal music drifting through the night air, pair this book with decadent hot chocolate or soothing herbal tea, and drift away within a paragraph or two.
Appreciated this book for its solid sleep aid aspect. Took forever and a day to finish.