Publisher:New York ; Toronto : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
General Note: LSC 17.00"A Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.
Formatted Contents Note: The body-snatcher / Robert Louis Stevenson -- The Horla / Guy de Maupassant -- The friends of the friends / Henry James -- The monkey's paw / W.W. Jacobs -- 'Oh, whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad' / M.R. James -- The open window / Saki (H.H. Munro) -- The daughters of the late colonel / Katherine Mansfield -- Honeysuckle cottage / P.G. Wodehouse -- W.S. / L.P. Hartley -- The looking glass / Edith Warton -- The happy autumn fields / Elizabeth Bowen -- The visit to the museum / Vladimir Nabokov -- Clytie / Eudora Welty -- The circular ruins / Jorge Luis Borges -- Poor girl / Elizabeth Taylor -- The Quincunx / Walter de la Mare -- Uninvited ghosts / Penelope Lively -- The highboy / Alison Lurie -- Another fine mess / Ray Bradbury.