The Spectre of the Camera; Or The Professor's Sister: A Romance is a novel written by Julian Hawthorne and originally published in 1918. The story revolves around a young woman named Mary, who is the sister of a professor at a university. Mary is engaged to a wealthy man named Arthur, but she becomes increasingly interested in photography and begins to spend more time with a local photographer named Mr. Van Dorn. As Mary becomes more involved in photography,...