Spirits of the Dead

The loss of the eye was not so much as the insolent air of independence and contempt with which it regarded me after it was out.

“A Predicament”

You may take it for granted, that when manuscript can be read it is never worth reading.

“How to write a Blackwood Article”

This gentleman, whom I shall call Hermann, was an original in every respect - except, perhaps, in the single particular that he was a very great fool.

“Mystification”