ALL MEN ARE GHOSTS
BY L. P. JACKS
AUTHOR OF "MAD SHEPHERDS," "AMONG THE IDOLMAKERS,"
"THE ALCHEMY OFTHOUGHT"
LONDON
WILLIAMS & NORGATE
14 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN
1913
I DEDICATE THIS VOLUME
TO
STOPFORD BROOKE
TO WHOM I OWE MORE THAN COULD BE TOLD
WERE MANY PAGES EMPLOYED
IN THE RECITAL
CONTENTS
PANHANDLE AND THE GHOSTS
I. PANHANDLE LAYS DOWN A PRINCIPLE
II. PANHANDLE NARRATES HIS HISTORY AND DESCRIBES THE HAUNTED HOUSE
III. PANHANDLE'S REMARKABLE ADVENTURE. THE GHOST APPEARS
THE MAGIC FORMULA
ALL MEN ARE GHOSTS
I. DR PIECRAFT BECOMES CONFUSED
II. "THE HOLE IN THE WATER-SKIN"
III. DR PIECRAFT CLEARS HIS MIND
THE PROFESSOR'S MARE
FARMER JEREMY AND HIS WAYS
WHITE ROSES
By the Same Author
Of the stories in this volume, "Farmer Jeremy and his Ways" has alreadyappeared in the Cornhill; "The Magic Formula," "The Professor's Mare,"and "White Roses" in the Atlantic Monthly. These are reprinted withthe permission of the respective Editors. Some additions have been madewhich were precluded by the shorter form of the magazine story.
At first sight, if the bird be flown;
But what fair well or grove he sings in now,
That is to him unknown.
Call to the soul while man doth sleep;
So some strange thoughts transcend our wonted themes,
And into glory peep."
ALL MEN ARE GHOSTS
PANHANDLE AND THE GHOSTS
Ed egli a me, 'Come il mio corpo stea
Nel mondo su, nulla scienza porto.'"
I
PANHANDLE LAYS DOWN A PRINCIPLE
"The first principle to guide us in the study of the subject," saidPanhandle, "is that no genuine ghost ever recognised itself as what yousuppose it to be. The conception which the ghost has of its own being isfundamentally different from yours. Because it lacks solidity you deemit less real than yourself. The ghost thin