by

M. R. JAMES.

Author of "Ghost Stories of an Antiquary"

New York. Longmans, Green & Co.

London. Edward Arnold & Co.

1922

All Rights Reserved

Printed in Great Britain by

UNWIN BROTHERS, LIMITED, THE GRESHAM PRESS, LONDON AND WOKING

CONTENTS

PAGE

I. THE DISCOVERY 11

II. THE FIRST JAR 31

III. THE SECOND JAR 43

IV. THE SMALL PEOPLE 59

V. DANGER TO THE JARS 83

VI. THE CAT, WAG, SLIM AND OTHERS 109

VII. THE BAT BALL 135

VIII. WAG AT HOME 155

I

THE DISCOVERY

My Dear Jane,