• Publication: Ghost Stories: Collected with a Particular View to Counteract the Vulgar Belief in Ghosts and ApparitionsPublication Record # 369144
• Editor: uncredited
• Date: 1823-00-00
• Publisher: Rudolph Ackermann
• Pages: xx+292
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: ANTHOLOGY
• Notes: Collection with a particular view to counteract the vulgar belief in ghosts and apparitions, and to promote a rational estimate of the nature of phenomena commonly considered as supernatural. Illustrated with six coloured engravings.
• External IDs:
  • Bleiler Supernatural: 689
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 54151187

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• vii • Preface (Ghost Stories) • essay by Rudolph Ackermann
• 1 • The Green Mantle of Venice: A True Story • novella by H. Clauren (trans. of Der Grünmantel von Venedig 1820) [as by uncredited]
• 122 • The Ghost of Larneville • short story by uncredited (variant of The Ghost Discovered 1818)
• 129 • Barbito, or the Spectre of the Cuenza • short story by uncredited (trans. of Barbito, oder der Wiederauferstandene von Cuenca. Eine Spanische Novelle 1807)
• 146 • The Village Apparition • short story by uncredited (variant of The Apparition 1815)
• 159 • The Haunted Castle • short story by Samuel Christoph Wagener (trans. of Das furchbare Tribunal unterirdischer Geister 1799) [as by uncredited]
• 172 • A London Ghost • short story by Samuel Christoph Wagener (trans. of Die spukhafte Auferstehung von den Todten. Keine Rückkehr gebundener Lebenskraft. 1799) [as by uncredited]
• 176 • The Deserter's Ghost • short story by F. W. Pressler (trans. of Der mittelst des Stranges hingerichtete und wieder erstandene Mousquetier Idée 1800) [as by uncredited]
• 190 • The Water Spirit • short story by Samuel Christoph Wagener (trans. of Das Gespenst am Borte eines Schiffs, durch dessen Erscheinung ein Verständiger blödsinnig wird 1800) [as by uncredited]
• 197 • The Friar's Ghost in the Imperial Palace at Vienna • short story by Samuel Christoph Wagener (trans. of Erscheinung einer ins Fegefeuer zurückgesandten Wiener Seele 1801) [as by uncredited]
• 206 • The Ghost of General Marceau • short story by Samuel Christoph Wagener (trans. of Der Geist des gebliebenen Divisionsgenerals Marceau treibt die Schildmachen ben Coblenz zurück 1799) [as by uncredited]
• 218 • The Ghost of Count Walkenried • short story by Samuel Christoph Wagener (trans. of Ein Verstorbener erscheint nach seiner Berdingung, und spricht und handelt wie ein Lebender 1798) [as by uncredited]
• 231 • The Enamoured Ghost • short story by Samuel Christoph Wagener (trans. of Der Geist eines Verstorbenen zu Dreschowitz bei Prag verheirathet seine hinterlassene Tochter 1799) [as by uncredited]
• 231 • The Extraordinary Confession of a Ghost • short story by Anonymous (trans. of Le crime puni 1782) [as by uncredited]
• 241 • Marianne • short story by H. Clauren (trans. of Der Wehrmann 1810) [as by uncredited]
• 261 • The Devil and the Prussian Grenadier • short story by Samuel Christoph Wagener (trans. of Ein gehörnter Teufel, mit einer Mistgabel bewaffnet, geht einer Preußischen Schildwache zu Leibe 1798) [as by uncredited]
• 265 • The Danger of Tampering with the Fear of Ghosts • short story by Samuel Christoph Wagener (trans. of Schreckliches Schicksal eines Studenten, welcher irrigerweise glaubte, daß man jedem Gespenste ohne Vorsicht Trotz bieten dürfe 1798) [as by uncredited]
• 276 • The Haunted Inn • short story by Samuel Christoph Wagener (trans. of Das durch nächtliche Erscheinungen übelberüchtigte Wirthshaus 1797) [as by uncredited]
• 288 • The Bear of Friedrichshall • short story by Samuel Christoph Wagener (trans. of Der spukende Bär in Friedrichshall 1801) [as by uncredited]