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• vi • Note on the Author (A Warning to the Curious and Other Stories) • (1998) • essay by uncredited
• vii • Introduction (A Warning to the Curious and Other Stories) • (1998) • essay by Philip Gooden
• 3 • Canon Alberic's Scrapbook • (1895) • short story by M. R. James
• 15 • Lost Hearts • (1895) • short story by M. R. James
• 25 • The Mezzotint • (1904) • short story by M. R. James
• 36 • The Ash-Tree • (1904) • short story by M. R. James
• 49 • Number 13 • (1904) • short story by M. R. James
• 64 • Count Magnus • (1904) • short story by M. R. James
• 76 • The Treasure of Abbot Thomas • (1904) • short story by M. R. James
• 95 • Casting the Runes • (1911) • novelette by M. R. James
• 116 • Mr. Humphreys and His Inheritance • (1911) • novelette by M. R. James
• 141 • The Residence at Whitminster • (1919) • novelette by M. R. James
• 163 • The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance • (1913) • short story by M. R. James
• 175 • A Neighbour's Landmark • (1924) • short story by M. R. James
• 187 • The Uncommon Prayer-Book • (1925) • short story by M. R. James
• 202 • A View from a Hill • (1925) • short story by M. R. James
• 219 • A Warning to the Curious • (1925) • short story by M. R. James
• 235 • Wailing Well • (1928) • short story by M. R. James