The stories in this book, originally published as a double number of Dickens' 'All Year Round'-magazine, come from the likes of Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, Adelaide Anne Procter, George Sala and Hesba Stretton. Included are 'The Mortals in the House', 'The Ghost in the Clock Room', 'The Ghost in the Double Room', 'The Ghost in the Picture Room', 'The Ghost in the Cupboard Room', 'The Ghost in Master H.'s Room', 'The Ghost in the Garden Room' and 'The Ghost in the Corner Room.'