The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Canterville Ghost, by Oscar Wilde, Illustrated by Wallace Goldsmith

Title: The Canterville Ghost

Author: Oscar Wilde

Release Date: December 30, 2004 [eBook #14522]

Most recently updated: August 2, 2005

Language: English

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The Canterville Ghost

An amusing chronicle of the tribulations of the Ghost of Canterville Chase when his ancestral halls became the home of the American Minister to the Court of St. James

By

WILDE

Illustrated by WALLACE GOLDSMITH

1906

John W. Luce and Company
Boston and London

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

• Miss Virginia E. Otis
• "Had once raced old Lord Bilton on her pony"
• "Blood has been spilled on that spot"
• "I really must insist on your oiling those chains"
• "The twins ... at once discharged two pellets on him"
• "Its head was bald and burnished"
• "He met with a severe fall"
• "A heavy jug of water fell right down on him"
• "Making satirical remarks on the photographs"
• "Suddenly there leaped out two figures"
• "'Poor, poor ghost,' she murmured; 'have you no place where you can sleep'"
• "The ghost glided on more swiftly"
• "He heard somebody galloping after him"
• "Out on the landing stepped Virginia"
• "Chained to it was a gaunt skeleton"
• "By the side of the hearse and the coaches walked the servants with lighted torches"
• "The moon came out from behind a cloud"