• Publication: Lord Halifax's Ghost BookPublication Record # 286155
• Author: Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax
• Date: 1936-00-00
• Publisher: Geoffrey Bles
• Pages: 243
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: COLLECTION
• Notes: A Collection of Stories, Haunted Houses, Apparitions and Supernatural Occurrences made by Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax

  • Bibliographic information constructed from LOC record for #37-20187 and other sources as content holder for Lord Halifax's Complete Ghost Book (Castle, 1986) entries; content information is from that publication.
  • Introduction is by his son (Sir Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax), but only credited to "Viscount Halifax, K.G."
  • Each contained story's source is credited as follows:
    • "The Harper of Iveraray" - contributed by Mr. H. W. Hill
    • "The Man in the Iron Cage" - written by Mr. Pennyman, certified by O. Barrington
    • "The Secret of Glamis" - given by Mrs. Maclagan
    • "The Grey Man of Wrotham" - told to the Bishop at Hyeres by Mrs. Brooke
    • "The Haunting of Hinton Ampner" - made by Mary Ricketts
    • "The Death of Lord Tyrone" - written by Lady Charles Somerset about 1827
    • "The Passenger with the Bag" - unknown ("authority mislaid")
    • "'Marche!'" - sent by Colonel Butler of Plymouth, as told to him by Mr. Roderick Macfarlane
    • "The Man in a Silk Dress" - told by the Rev. Dr. Jessop
    • "The Strange Experience..." - evidently written by Mr. Spencer Nairne
    • "The Renishaw Coffin" is two stories and a note from three sources: Miss Tait, Sir George Sitwell, Lady Ida Sitwell. In contrast to the other collections, the inner title page is not a mini-TOC, the stories are not credited in place, nor are they listed separately in the main TOC.
    • "The Butler in the Corridor" - given by Sir William Hansell, K.C., ... some forty years ago
    • "The Telephone at the Oratory" - recorded by an unnamed Oratorian priest, April 2, 1919
    • Haunted Rooms
      • "The Strangling Woman" - in Lord Halifax's own writing
      • "'Here I am Again'" - from Charles G. S----, Esq., July 10, 1917
      • "Head of a Child" - sent by Lady Margaret Shelley
    • "The Woman in White" - sent by Lord Portman, December 27, 1987
    • Prophetic and Other Dreams
      • "The Corpse Downstairs" - unnamed (told in Madeira), winter 1889-1890
      • "The Murderer's Dream" - given by Lord Clinton
      • "The Mad Butler" - contributed by Lady Margaret Shelley
      • "Lady Goring's Dream" - contributed by Lady Margaret Shelley
      • "The Sexton of Chilton Polden" - contributed by Lady Margaret Shelley
      • "The Last Appearance of Mr. Bullock" - contributed by Mr. H. W. Hill
      • "The Corpse that Rose" - sent by the Reverend R. A. Kent
    • "The Footsteps..." - contributed by Mr. H. W. Hill
    • Mr. Dundas's Stories
      • "I Will Pay You All To-Morrow" - told by Mr. Charles Dundas, December 21, 1920
      • "The Haunted Bungalow" - told by Mr. Charles Dundas, December 21, 1920
    • Apparitions
      • "The Monk of Bolton Abbey" - sent by the present Marquis of Hartington, when a boy at Eton
      • "The Gentleman with the Latch-Key" - told by Lord Falmouth to Lord Grenfell, Lord Methuen, and his son, Paul (the present Lord Methuen)
      • "The Bordeaux Diligence" - unknown ("supplied no authority")
      • "The Appearance of Mr. Birbeck" - contributed by Mr. H. W. Hill
    • "The Vampire Cat" - told in letter by Mr. Everard Meynell
    • "Lord Lytton and a Horoscope" - sent by Lady Margaret Shelley
    • "Colonel P.'s Ghost Story" - Lord Halifax's own invention
• External IDs:
  • LCCN: 37-20187

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• The Harper of Iveraray • short story by Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax
• The Man in the Iron Cage • short story by Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax
• The Secret of Glamis • short story by Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax
• The Grey Man of Wrotham • short story by Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax
• The Haunting of Hinton Ampner • short story by Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax
• The Death of Lord Tyrone • short story by Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax
• The Passenger with the Bag • short story by Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax
• 'Marche!' • short story by Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax
• The Man in a Silk Dress • short story by Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax
• The Strange Experience of the Reverend Spencer Nairne • short story by Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax
• The Renishaw Coffin • short story by Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax
• The Butler in the Corridor • short story by Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax
• The Telephone at the Oratory • short story by Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax
• Haunted Rooms: The Strangling Woman • short story by Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax
• The Woman in White • short story by Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax
• Prophetic and Other Dreams: The Corpse Downstairs • short story by Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax
• The Footsteps at Haverholme Priory • short story by Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax
• Haunted Rooms: 'Here I Am Again!' • short story by Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax
• Haunted Rooms: Head of a Child • short story by Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax
• Prophetic and Other Dreams: The Murderer's Dream • short story by Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax
• Prophetic and Other Dreams: The Mad Butler • short story by Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax
• Prophetic and Other Dreams: Lady Goring's Dream • short story by Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax
• Prophetic and Other Dreams: The Sexton of Chilton Polden • short story by Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax
• Prophetic and Other Dreams: The Last Appearance of Mr. Bullock • short story by Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax
• Prophetic and Other Dreams: The Corpse That Rose • short story by Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax
• Mr. Dundas's Stories: I Will Pay You All To-Morrow • short story by Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax
• Mr. Dundas's Stories: The Haunted Bungalow • short story by Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax
• Apparitions: The Monk of Bolton Abbey • short story by Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax
• Apparitions: The Gentleman with the Latch-Key • short story by Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax
• Apparitions: The Bordeaux Diligence • short story by Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax
• Apparitions: The Appearance of Mr. Birbeck • short story by Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax
• The Vampire Cat • short story by Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax
• Lord Lytton and a Horoscope • short story by Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax
• Colonel P.'s Ghost Story • novelette by Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax
• Foreword (Lord Halifax's Ghost Book) • essay by Sir Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax [as by Viscount Halifax, K. G.]