Collected Ghost Stories is a collection of stories by author Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman

Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman was a prominent 19th century American author.- Biography :She was born in Randolph, Massachusetts, and attended Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, for one year, from 1870–71...

. It was released in 1974

1974 in literature

The year 1974 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics is founded by Allen Ginsberg and Anne Waldman.-New books:*Richard Adams - Shardik*Kingsley Amis - Ending Up...

 by Arkham House

Arkham House

Arkham House is a publishing house specializing in weird fiction founded in Sauk City, Wisconsin in 1939 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei to preserve in hardcover the best fiction of H.P. Lovecraft. The company's name is derived from Lovecraft's fictional New England city, Arkham. Arkham House...

 in an edition of 4,155 copies. The book is the first collection of all of Wilkins-Freeman's supernatural stories and her first book published by Arkham House.

Contents

Collected Ghost Stories contains the following tales:

1. "Introduction," by Edward Wagenknecht
   Edward Wagenknecht
   Edward Wagenknecht was an American literary critic and teacher, who specialized in 19th century American literature. He wrote and edited many books on literature and movies, and taught for many years at various universities, including the University of Chicago and Boston University...
   
   
2. "The Shadows on the Wall"
3. "The Hall Bedroom"
4. "Luella Miller"
5. "The Vacant Lot"
6. "A Far-Away Melody"
7. "A Symphony in Lavender"
8. "The Wind in the Rose-Bush"
9. "A Gentle Ghost"
10. "The Southwest Chamber"
11. "The Lost Ghost"
12. "The Jade Bracelet"

In season one, episode four of Rod Serling's 1970s television program, "Night Gallery", a slightly modified version of "The Shadows On the Wall" was presented as "Certain Shadows On the Wall" and starred Agnes Moorehead.