Originally published in 1976, this anthology includes facsimile reprints of thirteen early horror and ghost stories: "The Sanctuary " by E. F. Benson; "The Terror on Tobit " by Charles Lloyd Birkin; "Couching at the Door " by D. K. Broster; "An Amateur Ghost " by James Branch Cabell; "The Closed Cabinet" (anonymous); "Playing with Fire " by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; "The Demon Pope " by Richard Garnett; "Arria Marcella " by Théophile Gautier; "The Witch Doctor " by Manly P. Hall; "The Seeker of Souls " by Jasper John; "The Shadow on the Moor " by the Duke of Northumberland; "The Moonslave " by Barry Pain; and "A Porta Inferi " by Roger Pater.