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Blackwood, Algernon, 1869-1951

"The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories"

And in the back of the head was
a long, terrible wound which no man could possibly have inflicted upon
himself.

_Printed by MORRISON & GIBB LIMITED, Edinburgh._


John Silence
by Algernon Blackwood

"Not since the days of Poe have we read anything in his peculiar genre
fit to be compared with this remarkable book. . . . He brings to his work
an extraordinary knowledge of strange and unusual forms of
spiritualistic phenomena, and steeps his pages in an atmosphere of real
terror and expectancy."--_Observer_.
"When one says that Mr. Blackwood's work approaches genius, the phrase
is used in no light connection. This very remarkable book is a
considerable and lasting addition to the literature of our
time."--_Morning Post_.
"These are the most haunting and original ghost stories since 'Uncle
Silas' appeared."--_Morning Leader_.
"In the field which he has chosen, Mr. Blackwood stands without rival
among contemporary writers."--_Manchester Guardian_.
"As original, as powerful, and as artistically written as that little
masterpiece of Lytton's, 'The Haunters and the Haunted.


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