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Montague Rhodes James is considered one of the greatest writers of ghost stories of all time. Born in Kent, England in 1862, James was a well-known and respected scholar in his time for his exacting and informative research in medieval studies. He went on to become a Provost at King's College, Cambridge, and later Eton, in addition to publishing four popular and influential collections of ghost stories between 1904 and 1925. His story-telling modernized the traditional gothic conception of a supernatural tale to the more realistic contemporary settings and characters of the early 20th century. James incorporated his vast knowledge of antiquities to make the details of his ghost stories all the more genuine and frightening and reveled in contrasting quiet bucolic settings with strange and unexplained events. James's style was widely influential and inspired famous horror writers, such as H. P. Lovecraft and Stephen King. "Count Magnus and Other Ghost Stories" contains a collection of some of James' most famous ghost stories. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.

M. R. James (1862-1936) is probably best remembered as a writer of chilling ghost stories, but he was an outstanding scholar of medieval literature and palaeography, who served both as Provost of King's College, Cambridge, and as Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, and many of his stories reflect his academic background. First published in 1930, this volume contains a guide to many historical places of interest in the counties of Suffolk and Norfolk. James concentrates mainly on the medieval history of these counties, weaving fascinating details of personalities and daily life with surviving examples of churches, monasteries and manors. In this tour around the two counties, the history of rich monastic foundations such as Bury St Edmunds and Norwich is discussed together with lesser-known historical sites in a clearly written and richly illustrated volume, which remains a valuable source for medieval scholars and historians.

M. R. James (1862-1936) is probably best remembered as a writer of chilling ghost stories, but he was an outstanding scholar of medieval literature and palaeography, who served both as Provost of King's College, Cambridge, and as Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, and many of his stories reflect his academic background. His detailed descriptive catalogues of manuscripts owned by colleges, cathedrals and museums are still of value to scholars today. First published in 1929, this book lists over 300 separate volumes which were part of the library of Peterborough Abbey before the Dissolution. James reconstructs this list from sources including lists of books bequeathed to the Abbey, ancient catalogues, and extant books which can be identified as belonging to the library in the medieval period. He also provides a short analysis of his sources. Now reissued, this book will be welcomed by librarians and researchers alike.

M. R. James (1862-1936) is probably best remembered as a writer of chilling ghost stories, but he was an outstanding scholar of medieval literature and palaeography, who served both as Provost of King's College, Cambridge, and as Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, and many of his stories reflect his academic background. His detailed descriptive catalogues of manuscripts owned by colleges, cathedrals and museums are still of value to scholars today. This volume contains James' catalogue of the manuscript holdings of Jesus College and will be welcomed by librarians and researchers alike.

M. R. James (1862-1936) is probably best remembered as a writer of chilling ghost stories, but he was an outstanding scholar of medieval literature and palaeography, who served both as Provost of King's College, Cambridge, and as Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, and many of his stories reflect his academic background. His detailed descriptive catalogues of manuscripts owned by colleges, cathedrals and museums are still of value to scholars today. This volume contains James's catalogue of the manuscript holdings of the Fitzwilliam Museum, and will be welcomed by librarians and researchers alike.

M. R. James (1862-1936) is probably best remembered as a writer of chilling ghost stories, but he was an outstanding scholar of medieval literature and palaeography, who served both as Provost of King's College, Cambridge, and as Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, and many of his stories reflect his academic background. His detailed descriptive catalogues of manuscripts owned by colleges, cathedrals and museums are still of value to scholars today. James' catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of St John's College, Cambridge, first published in 1913, is reissued here. It will be welcomed by librarians and researchers alike.

M. R. James (1862-1936) is probably best remembered as a writer of chilling ghost stories, but he was an outstanding scholar of medieval literature and palaeography, who served both as Provost of King's College, Cambridge, and as Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, and many of his stories reflect his academic background. His detailed descriptive catalogues of manuscripts owned by colleges, cathedrals and museums are still of value to scholars today. James' catalogue of the manuscript holdings of Peterhouse, Cambridge, with an essay on the history of the college library by John Willis Clark, was first published in 1899. Now reissued, it will be welcomed by librarians and researchers alike.

M. R. James (1862-1936) is probably best remembered as a writer of chilling ghost stories, but he was an outstanding scholar of medieval literature and palaeography, who served both as Provost of King's College, Cambridge, and as Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, and many of his stories reflect his academic background. His detailed descriptive catalogues of manuscripts owned by colleges, cathedrals and museums are still of value to scholars today. James' catalogues of the manuscript holdings of eight Cambridge colleges (Clare, Trinity Hall, Magdalene, King's, Queens', St Catharine's, Christ's and Sidney Sussex) are bound together in this volume, which will be welcomed by librarians and researchers alike.

M. R. James (1862-1936) is probably best remembered as a writer of chilling ghost stories, but he was an outstanding scholar of medieval literature and palaeography, who served both as Provost of King's College, Cambridge, and as Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, and many of his stories reflect his academic background. His detailed descriptive catalogues of manuscripts owned by colleges, cathedrals and museums are still of value to scholars today. James' catalogue of the manuscript holdings of Pembroke College was first published in 1905. Now reissued, it will be welcomed by librarians and researchers alike.

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Efter samlingen "En advarsel til de nysgerrige", som udkom i 1925, skrev M. R. James endnu nogle få uhygge-historier, som for nogles vedkommende blev optrykt i en samling med titlen "The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James" fra 1931, mens andre aldrig nåede at udkomme i bogform. Disse "sidste fortællinger" er samlet i denne udgave, og dermed findes alle forfatterens "ghost stories" – når undtages nogle få korte fragmenter, som aldrig rigtigt når at komme på vingerne – på dansk.Indhold:Der var engang en mand, som boede ved en kirkegård – er titlen på en historie, som en figur i Shakespeares "Et vintereventyr" begynder på, men ikke kommer videre med. Dette er M. R. James forestilling om, hvordan den ville lyde.På idrætspladsen ved Eton efter mørkets frembrud – foregår der sære ting i midsommernatten.Den klagende brønd – En flok spejdere på lejr får besked om at holde sig fra en vis forladt gård i nærheden. Det er der selvfølgelig en af dem, der ikke kan.Rotter – Er det rotter, som får sengetæppet i det tomme aflåste værelse på det hyggelige pensionat til at bevæge sig - eller er det noget andet?Eksperimentet – En moder og hendes søn prøver ved uhellige midler at komme på sporet af mandens (formentlig) efterladte formue.Om livløse genstandes ondskab – Føler du dig også ind imellem forfulgt af døde og - så vidt vides - ubevidste genstande?En vignet – Hvad er det, som forsøger at komme ind i haven i skumringen?Heksen i Fenstanton – To unge lærere ved King's College dyrker de forbudte kunster. For at få magt over mørkets magter, drager de en nat ud for at skaffe sig visse effekter fra en nylig afdød heks' grav.Historier, jeg har forsøgt at skrive – er egentlig ikke en spøgelseshistorie, men et lille fascinerende indblik i forfatterens tankegange.Montague Rhodes James - også kendt som M. R. James - var en engelsk forfatter af gysere og spøgelseshistorier. Han blev født i Kent i England i 1862, og voksede op i faderens præstegård i grevskabet Suffolk, som en del af hans senere fortællinger er henlagt til. Han blev uddannet på King's College i Cambridge, hvor han senere var leder af det ansete Fitzwilliam Museum ved Cambridge (1893-1908), han var "provost" ~ prorektor – ved King's College i Cambridge (1905-1918) og senere Eton College (1918-1936). Hans speciale var middelalderen, og han udførte en katalogisering af Cambridges enorme samling af middelaldermanuskripter, som stadig genoptrykkes og benyttes, oversatte de apokryfe skrifter i det ny testamente, bidrog til fundet af middelalderklosteret Bury St. Edmunds i Suffolk, og meget andet.Og ind imellem fandt han på spøgelseshistorier. Hans 'ghost stories' var egentlig kun skrevet for morskabs skyld til oplæsning ved jule-komsammen'er i Cambridge og Eton, men han lod sig overtale til at lade dem trykke i forskellige blade og fik dem efterhånden udgivet i fire små samlinger. I dag er det netop disse historier, han huskes for uden for engelske akademikerkredse, og som har inspireret en mængde andre forfattere, fra H. P. Lovecraft til Stephen King. Han døde på Eton i 1936.

Noveller:- Beboerne i Whitminster: Engang omkring 1730 har Whitminsters dekan, dr. Ashton, taget en afdød søsters søn Frank til sig, og senere får han ansvaret for at opdrage en bekendts søn, lord Saul. Den sidstnævnte hører ikke til Guds bedste børn, og får Frank med på en leg, der bliver skæbnesvanger for dem begge. Godt hundrede år senere finder dr. Ashtons nyindflyttede efterfølger en mærkelig genstand i haven, og der begynder at ske mærkelige ting i huset. - Mr. Poynters dagbog: James Denton finder en gammel dagbog, som indeholder interessante oplysninger om den egn, han netop er flyttet hen til. I dagbogen er der blandt meget andet også indlagt en stofprøve med et særpræget mønster, som han beslutter at lade eftergøre til gardiner til sit nye hus. Det skulle han helst have ladet være med. - En episode af katedralens historie: Da en historiker indfinder sig i Southminster for at optage et register af katedralens arkiv, får han af den gamle kirketjener mr. Worby historien om dengang kirken blev restaureret, og man afdækkede en gammel, navnløs sarkofag med et mærkværdigt og uhyggeligt indhold.- En fortælling om en forsvinden og en genkomst: Gennem fire breve får vi historien om den forsvundne onkel Henry, sognepræst i en lille landsby, og hvordan han atter kommer for en dag.- To doktorer: Fortælleren har indkøbt nogle gamle regnskabsbøger for at genbruge de tomme ark, og finder blandt andre ting nogle uddrag af referater fra en gammel retssag. - Dette er formentlig den mest mærkelige og uigennemskuelige af alle M. R. James' historier, og den har trodset alverdens tolkningsforsøg. Så det er helt op til læseren, hvordan han vil stykke brudstykkerne fra retssagen sammen til et forståeligt og temmelig foruroligende hele ...!

Endnu en samling af spøgelseshistorier fra mesteren M. R. James' hånd: Indhold: Det hjemsøgte dukkehus: En samler køber et stort dukkehus fra en antikvitetshandler, der er mere end glad for at komme af med det. Køberen stiller huset op i sit soveværelse, og om natten sker der sære ting: dukkehuset får liv. Den ualmindelige bønnebog: Hr. Davidson er historiker og tilbringer i anledning af sin forskning et par dage "på landet". Her bliver han interesseret i et gammelt herregårdskapel, hvor han finder nogle eksemplarer af en særlig udgave af den anglikanske kirkes "Almindelig Bønnebog" – dels er den trykt i Cromwells regeringstid, hvor den var forbudt, dels har den det med altid at være åben på en bestemt side, uanset hvor mange gange den bliver lukket og tildækket. En nabos grænsepæl: Under arbejdet med at katalogisere en bogsamling falder fortælleren over et mystisk vers, og da han siden tilfældigt kommer til det sted, verset handler om, hører han en forfærdelig lyd – et skrig "af den slags, som får én til at spekulere på, om der er knækket et eller andet i éns hjerne". Udsigt fra en bakketop: Mr. Fanshawe besøger en ven på dennes herregård et sted i det sydvestlige England. Efter en varm sommerdag tager de to venner en spadseretur til et udsigtspunkt i nærheden, hvor Fanshawe gennem sin kikkert får øje på et smukt tårn i nærheden og en nøgen bakke, hvor man tilsyneladende har opstillet en galge med en dukke ophængt. Problemet er bare, at det kloster, han kigger i retning af, er en ruin, og ikke har noget i retning af det tårn han ser, og bakken er dækket af træer og ikke har nogen galge. En advarsel til de nysgerrige: En ung mand finder en af de gamle angelsaksiske kongers kroner, som han graver op og tager med sig. Men kronen er bevogtet, og vogteren finder sig ikke i, at man fjerner skatten. En aftenunderholdning: I de gode gamle dage kunne bedstemødre fortælle børnebørnene nogle utrolig interessante historier, mens fader blundede foran kaminilden. Her er det en historie om, hvorfor børnene skal lade være at plukke bær langs en nærmere angivet sti … en temmelig voldsom historie, der indeholder genfærd, hængte mænd, mord og andre sære hændelser.Montague Rhodes James - også kendt som M. R. James - var en engelsk forfatter af gysere og spøgelseshistorier. Han blev født i Kent i England i 1862, og voksede op i faderens præstegård i grevskabet Suffolk, som en del af hans senere fortællinger er henlagt til. Han blev uddannet på King's College i Cambridge, hvor han senere var leder af det ansete Fitzwilliam Museum ved Cambridge (1893-1908), han var "provost" ~ prorektor – ved King's College i Cambridge (1905-1918) og senere Eton College (1918-1936). Hans speciale var middelalderen, og han udførte en katalogisering af Cambridges enorme samling af middelaldermanuskripter, som stadig genoptrykkes og benyttes, oversatte de apokryfe skrifter i det ny testamente, bidrog til fundet af middelalderklosteret Bury St. Edmunds i Suffolk, og meget andet.Og ind imellem fandt han på spøgelseshistorier. Hans 'ghost stories' var egentlig kun skrevet for morskabs skyld til oplæsning ved jule-komsammen'er i Cambridge og Eton, men han lod sig overtale til at lade dem trykke i forskellige blade og fik dem efterhånden udgivet i fire små samlinger. I dag er det netop disse historier, han huskes for uden for engelske akademikerkredse, og som har inspireret en mængde andre forfattere, fra H. P. Lovecraft til Stephen King. Han døde på Eton i 1936.

M. R. James' detailed and scholarly descriptive catalogue of the medieval manuscripts in the library of Lambeth Palace, co-authored with the Lambeth Librarian Claude Jenkins and originally published in five parts between 1930 and 1932, has not been superseded and is much sought after by librarians and researchers.

M. R. James' detailed and scholarly descriptive catalogue of 183 Latin manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, originally published in 1921, is still much sought after by librarians and researchers. Volume 1 contains the text and Volume 2 consists of 187 plates illustrating varieties of scripts, decorations and covers.

M.R. James's detailed descriptive catalogues of manuscripts owned by colleges, cathedrals and museums are still much sought after by librarians and researchers. His catalogue of the extensive manuscript holdings of Trinity College, Cambridge was first published in 1900-4. This is the first volume.