OF

GHOSTS, DREAMS, AND OMENS;

WITH STORIES OF

WITCHCRAFT, LIFE-IN-DEATH,

AND

MONOMANIA.

BY CHARLES CLLIER.

AUTHOR OF FERRERS,' INESILLA," ETC.

Who would believe what strange bugbears

Mankind creates itself of fears?

HUDIBRAS.

LONDON:

CHARLES OLLIER,
SOUTHAMPTON STREET, STRAND.

1848.

With one exception, the following papers appeared four or five years ago in successive numbers of Ainsworth's Magazine.” They are now collected and reprinted (after revision and enlargement) by the courteous permission of William Harrison Ainsworth, Esquire.

OSBORNE NORTHBROOKE, A STORY OF LIFE-IN DEATH... 177

THE YOUTH, THE COFFIN, AND THE PHANTOM...... .... 15

A DREAM VISION

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