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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
·
Andrew Lang
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Curiously
enough,
this
creation
of
phantasms
by
expectant
attention
seems
to
be
rare
where
"ghosts"
are
expected.
The
author
has
slept
in
several
haunted
houses,
but
has
never
seen
what
he
was
led
to
expect.
In
many
instances,
as
in
"The
Lady
in
Black"
(infra),
a
ghost
who
is
a
frequent
visitor
is
never
seen
when
people
watch
for
her.
Among
the
many
persons
who
have
had
delusions
as
to
the
presence
of
the
dead,
very
few
have
been
hoping,
praying
for
and
expecting
them.
"I
look
for
ghosts,
but
none
will
force
Their
way
to
me:
'Tis
falsely
said
That
there
was
ever
intercourse
Between
the
living
and
the
dead,
For
surely
then
I
should
have
sight
Of
him
I
wait
for
day
and
night
With
love
and
longings
infinite."
The
Affliction
of
Margaret
has
been
the
affliction
of
most
of
us.
There
are
curious
historical
examples
of
these
appearances
of
the
living.
Goethe
declares
that
he
once
met
himself
at
a
certain
place
in
a
certain
dress,
and
several
years
later
found
himself
there
in
that
costume.
Shelley
was
seen
by
his
friends
at
Lerici
to
pass
along
a
balcony
whence
there
was
no
exit.
However,
he
could
not
be
found
there.
The
story
of
the
wraith
of
Catherine
the
Great
is
variously
narrated.
We
give
it
as
told
by
an
eye-witness,
the
Comte
de
Ribaupierre,
about
1862
to
Lady
Napier
and
Ettrick.
The
Count,
in
1862,
was
a
very
old
man,
and
more
than
thirty
years
have
passed
since
he
gave
the
tale
to
Lady
Napier,
whose
memory
retains
it
in
the
following
form:--
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
Start over
