The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories

This collection of ten short stories by Algernon Blackwood was first published in 1906. As with many of Blackwood's collections, not all the stories here are of equal quality and some are of the sort that one forgets a moment after having read the last line. However, a couple of them - "With Intent to Steal" and "The Strange Adventures of a Private Secretary in New York" - are worthwhile and memorable while a third one - "Keeping His Promise" - is, for my money, a subtle and absolutely enviable horror masterpiece. [Uploader] The Empty House 1 A Haunted Island 32 A Case of Eavesdropping 63 Keeping his Promise 91 With Intent to Steal 119 The Wood of the Dead 161 Smith : An Episode in a Lodging-House 186 A Suspicious Gift 218 The Strange Adventures of a Private Secretary in New York 239 Skeleton Lake : An Episode in Camp 301