Originally published in 1976, this anthology includes facsimile reprints of five early ghost and horror stories: "The Spectre Bridegroom: A Terrific and Interesting Tale," by Alexa; "A Nocturnal Expedition Round My Room," by Xavier de Maistre, translated by Edmund Goldsmid; "Midnight Horrors; or, The Bandit's Daughter: An Original Romance," anonymous; "The Spectre Mother; or, The Haunted Tower," anonymous; and "The Last of the Vampires: A Tale," by Smyth Upton. Two of the stories in the original anthology, "The Demon Hunter" and "The Pixy," have been dropped from this version.