Contents: Introduction, Note on the Text, Select Bibliography, A Chronology of M.R. James, Canon Alberic's Scrap-book, The Mezzotint, Number 13, Count Magnus, 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad', The Treasure of Abbot Thomas, A School Story, The Rose Garden, The Tractate Middoth, Casting the Runes, The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral, Mr. Humphreys and His Inheritance, The Diary of Mr. Poynter, An Episode of Cathedral History, The Uncommon Prayerbook, A Neighbour's Landmark, A Warning to the Curious, Rats, The Experiment, The Malice of Inanimate Objects, A Vignette, Explanatory Notes, Appendix: M.R. James on Ghost Stories.

Contents: Canon Alberic's Scrap-book, Lost Hearts, The Mezzotint, The Ash-tree, Number 13, Count Magnus, "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad, The Treasure of Abbot Thomas