Two tales from the golden age of supernatural fictionThe Haunted House at Latchford by Mrs. J. H. RiddellMrs. J. H. Riddell excelled at blending the realistic and supernatural elements in her stories. In Essex she found the right dreary setting for The Haunted House at Latchford, “where beyond the fated house and ruined garden lay the belt of pine trees and the lake of the dismal swamp, which had furnished Crow Hall with no less than two t...

This vintage book contains a fantastic guide to fishing for trout, including chapters on the various methods that can be employed, the equipment required, possible locations, habits and habitat, and much more. “All About Trout Fishing” constitutes a must-read for trout fishers new and old, and it would make for a wonderful addition to collections of related literature. Contents include: “A General Introduction”, “Artificial Fly-fishing”, “Dry Fly-fishing”, “Creeper and Stone Fly-fishing”, ...

Charlotte Riddell (1832-1906), who wrote as Mrs J. H. Riddel, was one of the most popular and influential writers of the Victorian period.'A Strange Christmas Game' is a brilliantly constructed ghost story with a strange twist at the end.

The story revolves around an old, seemingly haunted house known as "The Glen Tower" and its mysterious reputation. The house stands empty and abandoned, believed to be haunted by a malevolent spirit. When the house is inherited by the protagonist, a young woman named Sarah Chesham, she becomes determined to solve the mysteries surrounding the eerie property.As Sarah delves deeper into the history of The Glen Tower, she encounters strange occurrences, eerie happenings, and unexplained pheno...

In Ghost-Hunter's Casebook – 3 Classic Spectral Mysteries, readers are invited to traverse the shadowy corridors of Victorian and early 20th-century spectral tales, where the ethereal and the enigmatic merge seamlessly with human intrigue. This anthology encapsulates a spectrum of ghostly narratives that balance gothic elements with an investigative flair, offering a delightful blend of horror, mystery, and suspense. Across its pages, readers can indulge in haunting explorations that probe...

Haunted House Mysteries from the Victorian Age: 3 Classic Supernatural Tales offers a riveting exploration of the Victorian era's fascination with the supernatural, weaving a tapestry of suspense, mystery, and eerie atmospheres. This anthology captures the quintessential haunted house narrative through diverse literary styles that range from chillingly atmospheric to deeply psychological. Within its pages, readers will encounter narratives that deftly blend the mundane with the otherworldl...

Excerpt: "The way to Berrie Down Hollow lay along a lane, winding and narrow: not a prosaic lane, bounded to right and left by low-cropped, unromantic hedges, and scanty banks covered with coarse wiry grass, where never a wild flower would dream of blooming, but a delicious lane, bordered by old elms and beech trees; where were smooth bits of turf, pleasantly suggestive of a gallop over the sward; a lane by the sides whereof trailed brambles and the dark-leaved ivy; a lane where the hawtho...

When Maxwell Drewitt returns to Kincorth, he finds that his carefully laid plans have been upset by a new struggle for control, and the family estate is no longer easy to seize. Brian, the younger Drewitt, has taken charge and is fighting to preserve the property against mortgages, missing papers, and the ambitions of those who would see it lost. At the center of the conflict is a family divided by duty and resentment: Brian works himself to exhaustion to save Kincorth and care for his fai...

Excerpt: "The way to Berrie Down Hollow lay along a lane, winding and narrow: not a prosaic lane, bounded to right and left by low-cropped, unromantic hedges, and scanty banks covered with coarse wiry grass, where never a wild flower would dream of blooming, but a delicious lane, bordered by old elms and beech trees; where were smooth bits of turf, pleasantly suggestive of a gallop over the sward; a lane by the sides whereof trailed brambles and the dark-leaved ivy; a lane where the hawtho...

In "Ghost-Hunter's Casebook – 3 Classic Spectral Mysteries," the eerie and the enigmatic coalesce into a compelling array of tales, marking the nuanced fruition of 19th-century specter-infused storytelling. This anthology bridges traditions of mystery and supernatural lore, offering readers a shared canvas of Victorian apprehension and fascination with the unknown. The stories each unspool their peculiar narratives with a distinct literary craftsmanship emblematic of the era's emerging fas...

Kingslough at high noon was ordinarily the stupidest, dullest, dirtiest little town that could have been found in the Province of Ulster. On market and fair, and party-procession days, the inhabitants seemed to expend the whole of their strength. An almost unbroken calm ensued after wild excitement, a death-like stillness followed the shouts and cries of faction, the shrieks of drunken merriment, the shrill piping of fifes, the braying of trumpets, and the bang-banging of drums. Excepting ...

The Hill Times: Best Books of 2017The Arctic seabed, with its vast quantities of undiscovered resources, is the twenty-first century’s frontier.In Breaking the Ice: Canada, Sovereignty and the Arctic Extended Continental Shelf, Arctic policy expert Elizabeth Riddell-Dixon examines the political, legal, and scientific aspects of Canada’s efforts to delineate its Arctic extended continental shelf. The quality and quantity of the data collect...