This is the second of this series of collections of 19th/early 20th century ghost stories. Again, while almost inevitably a mixed bunch due to the range of authors included (21 authors and 25 stories), this is overall a worthy collection. Particular highlights for me were: The Signalman (Charles Dickens; a story which always comes up well); The Man who went too far (E F Benson; an intriguing and atmospheric story, but not really ghostly); The Phantom Rickshaw (Rudyard Kipling); The Shadows on the Wall and The Wind in the Rose-Bush (Mary E Wilkins Freeman). Also worthy of note as being very different were the exquisitely written Oriental-themed stories by Lafcadio Hearn, especially The Story of Ming-Y. The selected stories from Poe (Ligeia) and M R James (Canon Alberic's Scrapbook) I didn't think were especially strong examples from those masters of the genre. ( )