True Irish Ghost Stories
, by Seymour, St. John, D.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781598184761 | 1598184768
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 10/1/2006
Irish fairy and folklore there were in abundance but there was no book of ghosts. And so I determined to supply this sad omission. Suddenly a brilliant thought struck me. I wrote out a letter, stating exactly what I wanted, and what I did "not" want, and requesting the readers of it either to forward me ghost stories, or else to put me in the way of getting them: this letter was sent to the principal Irish newspapers on October 27, and published on October 29, and following days. On October 30, the first answers reached me. Within a fortnight I had sufficient material to make a book; within a month I had so much material that I could pick and choose -- and more was promised. . . .