The Haunted Looking Glass -- Edward Gorey

<i>The Haunted Looking Glass</i> is the late Edward Gorey's selection of his favorite tales of ghosts, ghouls, and grisly goings-on. It includes stories by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, M. R. James, W. W. Jacobs, and L. P. Hartley, among other masters of the fine art of making the flesh creep, all accompanied by Gorey's inimitable illustrations. <p/>ALGERNON BLACKWOOD, "The Empty House"<br>W.F. HARVEY, "August Heat"<br>CHARLES DICKENS, "The Signalman"<br>L.P. HARTLEY, "A Visitor from Down Under"<br>R.H. MALDEN, "The Thirteenth Tree"<br>ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, "The Body-Snatcher"<br>E. NESBIT, "Man-Size in Marble"<br>BRAM STOKER, "The Judge's House"<br>TOM HOOD, "The Shadow of a Shade"<br>W.W. JACOBS, "The Monkey's Paw,"<br>WILKIE COLLINS, "The Dream Woman"<br>M.R. JAMES, "Casting the Runes"<br><br><b>Author:</b> Edward Gorey<br><b>Publisher:</b> New York Review of Books<br><b>Published:</b> 02/28/2001<br><b>Pages:</b> 272<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.60lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.60d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780940322684<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Publishers Weekly</i> 02/26/2001 pg. 64<br><i>Kirkus Reviews</i> 05/01/2001 pg. 625<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>Edward Gorey</b> (1925-2000) was born in Chicago. He studied briefly at the Art Institute of Chicago, spent three years in the army testing poison gas, and attended Harvard College, where he majored in French literature and roomed with the poet Frank O'Hara. In 1953 Gore