Montague Rhodes James 
Count Magnus and Other Stories (The Complete Ghost Stories of an Antiquary) 

Montague Rhodes James is considered one of the greatest writers of ghost stories of all time. His story-telling is noted for how it updated the conception of the ghost story from its formal gothic counterpart to the more realistic contemporary settings of the early 20th century. Included in this volume is a collection of James’ most famous ghost stories which include the following: 'Canon Alberic’s Scrap-Book’, 'Lost Hearts’, 'The Mezzotint’, 'The Ash-Tree’, 'Number 13′, 'Count Magnus’, ”Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad”, 'The Treasure of Abbot Thomas’, 'A School Story’, 'The Rose Garden’, 'The Tractate Middoth’, 'Casting the Runes’, 'The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral’, 'Martin’s Close’, and 'Mr. Humphreys and His Inheritance’.