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Title: Strange Stories

Author and Title: Grant Allen. Strange Stories

First Edition: London: Chatto and Windus, 1884. 1 volume, 6s.

Serializations:

• "Our Scientific Observations on a Ghost", Belgravia, July 1878
• "The Empress of Andorra", Belgravia, September 1878
• "My New Year's Eve among the Mummies", Belgravia, December 1878, Christmas Annual
• "Ram Das of Cawnpore", Belgravia, November 1880
• "The Senior Proctor's Wooing", Belgravia, June 1881, Holiday Number
• "Pausodyne", Belgravia, December 1881, Christmas Annual
• "An Episode in High Life", Belgravia, June 1882, Holiday Number
• "Mr Chung", Belgravia, December 1882, Christmas Annual
• "The Backslider", Cornhill Magazine, August 1883
• "The Reverend John Creedy", Cornhill Magazine, September 1883
• "The Foundering of the 'Fortuna'", Longman's Magazine, November 1883
• "Carvalho", Belgravia, March 1884
• "The Mysterious Occurrence in Piccadilly", Belgravia, May 1884
• "Dr Greatrex's Engagement", Cornhill Magazine, June 1884
• "The Child of the Phalanstery", Belgravia, August 1884
• "The Curate of Churnside", Cornhill Magazine, September 1884
• "The Reverend John Creedy", Pearson's Weekly, 21 October 1893
• "The Foundering of the 'Fortuna'", Pearson's Weekly, 28 October 1893
• "Mr Chung", Pearson's Weekly, 11 November 1893
• "My New Year's Eve among the Mummies", Pearson's Weekly, 9 December 1893

Summary: Contains the short stories "The Reverend John Creedy" [aka "Can the Leopard Change His Spots?"], "Dr Greatrex's Engagement," "Mr Chung" [aka "Our Chinese Friend"], "The Curate of Churnside," "An Episode in High Life," "My New Year's Eve Among the Mummies," "The Foundering of the 'Fortuna'" [aka "Silver and Grain"], "The Backslider," "The Mysterious Occurrence in Piccadilly," "Carvalho," "Pausodyne," "The Empress of Andorra," "The Senior Proctor's Wooing," "The Child of the Phalanstery," "Our Scientific Observations on a Ghost," and "Ram Das of Cawnpore."

Title Tags:

• Genre: Short Story Collections
• Genre: Science Fiction

References: EC; Wolff

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