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THE EMPTY HOUSE
AND OTHER GHOST STORIES
BY
ALGERNON BLACKWOOD
AUTHOR OF
"JOHN SILENCE" "THE LOST VALLEY" ETC.
LONDON
EVELEIGH NASH COMPANY
LIMITED
1916
First Printed 1906
Uniform Edition 1915
Reprinted 1916
CONTENTS
THE EMPTY HOUSE
A HAUNTED ISLAND
A CASE OF EAVESDROPPING
KEEPING HIS PROMISE
WITH INTENT TO STEAL
THE WOOD OF THE DEAD
SMITH: AN EPISODE IN A LODGING-HOUSE
A SUSPICIOUS GIFT
THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF A PRIVATE SECRETARY IN NEW YORK
SKELETON LAKE: AN EPISODE IN CAMP
THE EMPTY HOUSE
Certain houses, like certain persons, manage somehow to proclaim at once
their character for evil. In the case of the latter, no particular
feature need betray them; they may boast an open countenance and an
ingenuous smile; and yet a little of their company leaves the
unalterable conviction that there is something radically amiss with
their being: that they are evil.
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