7 • Introduction (The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories) • (1969) • essay by Robert Aickman 11 • The Firmin Child • (1965) • shortstory by Richard H. Blum 33 • Lord Mount Prospect • (1965) • shortstory by John Betjeman 45 • The Library Window • (1881) • shortstory by Margaret Oliphant [as by Mrs. Oliphant ] 87 • The Dancing Partner • (1893) • shortstory by Jerome K. Jerome 94 • The Swords • (1969) • novelette by Robert Aickman 122 • The Mysterious Stranger • (1823) • novelette by Anonymous 161 • A Question Of Time • (1969) • shortstory by Elizabeth Walter 172 • Venus • (1909) • shortstory by Maurice Baring 182 • Jerry Bundler • (1897) • shortstory by W. W. Jacobs 190 • The Great Return • (1915) • novelette by Arthur Machen