Ghosts: A Treasury of Chilling Tales Old & New

This is no treasury at all but a welter of short stories, ghostly and otherwise, jumbled together any old how, some of which so similar in plot they do not belong together in any collection, some, mysteriously, marked as 'anonymous' that have actually been penned by Elia W. Peattie (admittedly, as re-tellings of some oral tradition, however, is that how you handle copyright??), claiming 'little data' being available on R. H. Benson's life (did the editor npt care enough to do the research?) ...
Includes some decent stories, however, as anthologies go, other editors and compilers have done a better job.

This book is a compilation of some fine ghost tales from various times and places. Put together by Marvin Kaye, this book features stories from some of the greats like Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde, some traditional tales, and some great anonymous stories.

Kaye includes a tale of his own in the mix, but rightly puts it in the appendix instead of within the main text, not wanting to give the wrong impression. There is also a list of haunted locations, a bibliography for further reading, and a piece entitled "So You Want to Meet A Ghost." This last piece is so good, I really want to adapt it for a video.

Definitely a good edition to any library specializing in ghost stories and supernatural terror.