The Best Psychic Stories. Various

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Introduction by Dorothy Scarborough, PhD.

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Lecturer in English, Columbia University.

       Author of "The Supernatural in English Literature," "From a Southern Porch," etc.

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BONI & LIVERIGHT

       NEW YORK

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Copyright, 1920, by

       Boni & Liveright, Inc.

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Printed in the Unites States of America

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PREFACE

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      The case for the "psychic" element in literature rests on a very old foundation; it reaches back to the ancient masters—the men who wrote the Greek tragedies. Remorse will ever seem commonplace alongside the furies. Ever and always the shadow of the supernatural invites, pursues us. As the art of literature has progressed it has grown along with it. To-day there is a whole new school of writers of Ghost-Stories, and the domain of the invisible is being invaded by explorers in many paths. We do not believe so much more, perhaps, that is, we do not so openly express a belief, but art has finally and frankly claimed the supernatural for its own. One discerning authority even goes so far as to assert that the borders of its domain will be greatly enlarged in the wonderful new field of the screen.

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