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The funny short stories and sketches in "Ghost I Have Met And Some Others" are the work of John Kendrick Bangs. The book contains a number of clever and fantastical stories about run-ins with ghosts, spirits, and other paranormal creatures. The tales range in tone from playful... Read Full Overview

Richards, F. T. (Frederick Thompson), 1864-1921.... Arthur Burdett Frost (January 17, 1851 - June 22, 1928), usually cited as A. B. Frost, was an American illustrator, graphic artist and comics writer. He was also well known as a painter. Frost's work is well known for its dynamic... Read Full Overview

If we could only get used to the idea that ghosts are perfectly harmless creatures, who are powerless to affect our well-being unless we assist them by giving way to our fears, we should enjoy the supernatural exceedingly, it seems to me. Coleridge, I think it was, was once asked... Read Full Overview

By the American author and satirist, and the creator of modern Bangsian fantasy, the school of fantasy writing that sets the plot wholly or partially in the afterlife.

New York-born John Kendrick Bangs was associate editor and then editor of Life and Harper magazines, eventually finding his way into the Humour department. Here he began to write his own satire and humour. Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others is a delightfully humourous collection... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped... Read Full Overview

""Ghosts I Have Met And Some Others"" is a collection of humorous short stories by American author John Kendrick Bangs. The book was first published in 1898 and has since become a classic in the genre of supernatural fiction. The stories are narrated by the author himself, who... Read Full Overview

John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 - January 21, 1922) was an American author, humorist, editor and satirist. He was born in Yonkers, New York. His father Francis N. Bangs was a lawyer in New York City, as was his brother, Francis S. Bangs. He went to Columbia College from 1880... Read Full Overview

If we could only get used to the idea that ghosts are perfectly harmless creatures, who are powerless to affect our well-being unless we assist them by giving way to our fears, we should enjoy the supernatural exceedingly, it seems to me. Coleridge, I think it was, was once asked... Read Full Overview

Collection of ghost stories set at the turn of the 20th century. Includes "Ghosts That Have Haunted Me", "The Mystery of My Grandmother's Hair Sofa", "The Mystery of Barney O'Rourke", "The Exorcism that Failed", and "Thurlow's Christmas Story".

Book Excerpt: ...rvice to you," the Awful Thing replied, smiling at me so yellowly that I almost wished the author of the _Blue-Button of Cowardice_ could have seen it."It's very good of you," I put in."Not at all," replied the Thing; "you are the only man I know who doesn't... Read Full Overview

Ghosts I Have Met And Some Others is a collection of humorous and imaginative stories by American author John Kendrick Bangs. The book consists of 13 short stories that revolve around encounters with ghosts and other supernatural beings. The stories are narrated by the author... Read Full Overview