This is a collection of supernatural short stories by American humorist John Kendrick Bangs. The volume contains tales of ghosts, specters, and otherworldly beings that haunt the living. It contains the following short stories: The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall - The Spectre Cook of Bangletop - The Speck on the Lens - A Midnight Visitor - A Quicksilver Cassqndra - The Ghost Club - A Psychical Prank - The Literary Remains of Thomas Bragdon.