All Men are Ghosts. L. P. Jacks

Of the stories in this volume, "Farmer Jeremy and his Ways" has already appeared in the Cornhill; "The Magic Formula," "The Professor's Mare," and "White Roses" in the Atlantic Monthly. These are reprinted with the permission of the respective Editors. Some additions have been made which were precluded by the shorter form of the magazine story.

"He that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know,

At first sight, if the bird be flown;

But what fair well or grove he sings in now,

That is to him unknown.

And yet, as angels in some brighter dreams

Call to the soul while man doth sleep;

So some strange thoughts transcend our wonted themes,

And into glory peep."

Henry Vaughan, 1655.

ALL MEN ARE GHOSTS

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PANHANDLE AND THE GHOSTS

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"'Oh,' dissi lui, 'Or se' tu ancor morto?'

Ed egli a me, 'Come il mio corpo stea

Nel mondo su, nulla scienza porto.'"

Dante, Inferno, Canto xxxiii.

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PANHANDLE LAYS DOWN A PRINCIPLE

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"The first principle to guide us in the study of the subject," said Panhandle, "is that no genuine ghost ever recognised itself as what you suppose it to be. The conception which the ghost has of its own being is fundamentally different from yours. Because it lacks solidity you deem it less real than yourself. The ghost thinks the opposite. You imagine that its language is a squeak. From the ghost's point of view the squeaker is yourself. In short, the attitude of mankind towards the realm of ghosts is regarded by them as a

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