DEVIL STORIES

TO
ALL STUDENTS OF THE SUPERNATURAL
IN LITERATURE

NOTE[vii]

The preparation of this book would have been out ofthe question without the co-operation of authors andpublishers. Proper acknowledgment has been given onthe first page of each selection to the publishers whohave granted us permission to reprint it. We take thisopportunity to express once more our deep appreciationof the courtesies extended to us by all the parties concernedin the material between the covers of this book.Special thanks are offered to Mr. John Masefield forhis permission to republish his story, and to Messrs.Arthur Symons and Leo Wiener and to Miss Isabel F.Hapgood for their permission to use their translations ofthe foreign stories which we have selected. To ProfessorHenry Alfred Todd and Dr. Dorothy Scarborough,of Columbia University, who have kindly read portionsof the manuscript, the editor is indebted for a numberof helpful suggestions. He adds his thanks to ProfessorRaymond Weeks, also of Columbia University, whocalled his attention to the Daudet story, and to his formercolleague, Professor Otto A. Greiner, of Purdue University,who was good enough to read part of the proofs.

The Publisher.
The Editor.
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