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This book is selected by Rosemary Gray. Scotland has anotoriously rich and diverse cultural tradition when it comes tothe supernatural. Many of her greatest writers from Sir WalterScott and James Hogg to Robert Louis Stevenson and John Buchan haveexplored the country's unique folkloric heritage to spine-chillingeffect. From Highlands to Lowlands, from blasted heath or remoteglen to wretched hovel or austere castle, the very topography lendsitself somehow to the strange and unexplainable. Leading offEdinburgh's colourful Royal Mile, which runs from the Palace ofHolyrood to the gaunt castle on the rock, there are many narrow'wynds' - passages ancient and mysterious. As soon as you leave thesunshine and enter these dark and reeking ways you know that youare in a city full of ghosts and spirits - unhappy souls condemnedfor ever to roam this antique city. Tormented spectres like themthrong the pages of this disquieting collection. Lock your door,turn up the lights, put extra logs on the fire and as you start toread utter a fervent prayer. From ghoulies and ghosties Andlong-leggety beasties And things that go bump in the night, GoodLord, deliver us! If this plea fails to work and they choose tocome for you, despair; there is no hope; there is no escape. Intruth, dear reader, if you are of a nervous disposition and liableto fearings and fantasies we are not sure this book is entirelysuitable for you. You have been warned.