It has been known for some time that Mr. Lang has added ghosts to his hobbies. In the volume before us, " The Book of Dreams and Ghosts,'' Mr. Lang offers a large collection of ghost stories old and new, and his opinions on "appearances." As far as we can gather Mr. Lang's attitude from these pages, which have much of the vagueness of expression that goes with memoirs of the supernatural, he disbelieves in traditional ghosts, the ghosts that do things-but wishes it were otherwise. Like all persons of poetical or romantic temperament, he would prefer to believe in them. They would make life so much more interesting and exciting.

This book is annotated with a rare extensive biographical sketch of the author, Andrew Lang, written by Sir Edmund Gosse, CB, a contemporary poet and writer.

From the contents:

The Dog Fanti

Mark Twain's Story

The Pig In The Dining-Room

The Mignonette

The Lost Cheque

The Ducks' Eggs

The Lost Key

The Lost Securities

The Arrears Of Teind

The Two Curmas

The Assyrian Priest

The Knot In The Shutter

Queen Mary's Jewels

The Deathbed

Dream Of Mr. Perceval's Murder

The Rattlesnake

The Red Lamp

The Scar In The Moustache

The Coral Sprigs

The Satin Slippers

The Dead Shopman

Story Of The Diplomatist

Under The Lamp

The Cow With The Bell

The Deathbed Of Louis Xiv.

The Old Family Coach

Riding Home From Mess

The Bright Scar

The Vision And The Portrait

The Restraining Hand

The Benedictine's Voices

The Man At The Lift

The Wraith Of The Czarina

An "Astral Body"

In Tavistock Place

The Wynyard Wraith

Lord Brougham's Story

The Dying Mother

The Vision Of The Bride

... and much more ...