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Title: Byways of Ghost-Land

Author: Elliott O'Donnell

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Language: English

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BYWAYS OF GHOST-LAND

BYWAYS OF
GHOST-LAND

BY

ELLIOTT O'DONNELL

AUTHOR OF

"SOME HAUNTED HOUSES OF ENGLAND AND WALES,"
"HAUNTED HOUSES OF LONDON," "GHOSTLY PHENOMENA,"
"DREAMS AND THEIR MEANINGS," "SCOTTISH GHOST TALES,"
"TRUE GHOST TALES," ETC., ETC.

WILLIAM RIDER AND SON, LIMITED
164 Aldersgate St., London, E.C.
1911

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

1. THE UNKNOWN BRAIN 1

2. THE OCCULT IN SHADOWS 21

3. OBSESSION, POSSESSION 28

4. OCCULT HOOLIGANS 47

5. SYLVAN HORRORS 56

6. COMPLEX HAUNTINGS AND OCCULT BESTIALITIES 80

7. VAMPIRES, WERE-WOLVES, FOX-WOMEN, ETC. 110

8. DEATH-WARNINGS AND FAMILY GHOSTS 132

9. SUPERSTITIONS AND FORTUNES 153

10. THE HAND OF GLORY; THE BLOODY HAND OF ULSTER;
THE SEVENTH SON; BIRTH-MARKS; NATURE'S
DEVIL SIGNALS; PRE-EXISTENCE; THE FUTURE;
PROJECTION; TELEPATHY; ETC. 176

11. OCCULT INHABITANTS OF THE SEA AND RIVERS 198

12. BUDDHAS AND BOGGLE CHAIRS 210

INDEX 244

BYWAYS OF GHOST-LAND

CHAPTER I

THE UNKNOWN BRAIN

Whether all that constitu