The collection offers eighteen ghost stories that have long been considered classical: stories that have served as prototypes for other work, and stories that are in themselves uniquely great. It includes "The Story of the Bagman's Uncle" by Charles Dickens; "The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs; "Wandering Willie's Tale" & "The Tapestried Chamber" by Sir Walter Scott: "The Apparition of Mrs. Veal" by Daniel Defoe; "The Upper Berth" by F. Marion Crawford, and others. Phantom lovers introduce themselves, then suddenly disappear; rooms are sealed forever, because of unhallowed contents...but is closing off the supernatural that easy?