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Uprooted from her old life, Eliza Peel and her family adjust to a new city and a new community after inheriting a colossal mansion from an estranged relative. But the reclusive family member who gave this mansion to Eliza's family was harboring a startling secret. Flitting about the mansion are hundreds of lost souls which seem to have plans for Eliza. Though Eliza begins to form friendships with some of the haunted house's ghosts, life soon gets more complicated with the arrival of a bungling ghost-hunter and a supernatural predator that has stalked the world for centuries. Throughout these dilemmas, Eliza attempts to discover her place in life: in her school, her family, and in the new home she shares with the dead.

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890. Excerpt: ... "VTTHEN bad health--the result of incessant physical labour combined with an overtaxed brain and an under-fed body--compelled the Rev. Henry Armitage to resign the senior curacy of St. Simon's-in-the-Slums, he felt in bitterness of spirit for a while that his "work was finished and his course run." But this feeble condition of mind was speedily conquered when he got ay ay into pure country air and the society of an old Oxford friend. The experience of the latter, who was vicar of an abnormally ill-conditioned parish near Manchester, proved to Henry Armitage, that the paganism and profligacy, the sin and squalor and suffering, with which he had wrestled and sympathised en masse for so many years, was not confined to the great city. It existed and flourished, he found, in the fairest rural districts. Work as good, as needful, and as unpleasant was to be done among broad meadow-lands, by the sides of brawling streams, in and about smiling rose-covered cottages, and peaceful, prosperous farm-houses, as well as in the crowded streets, the reeking gutters, and the detestable dens that are illumined by the lights o' London. i To grasp this fact, to be influenced by it in the right manly way, and to seek to serve his Maker by striving to save his fellow-men, were the tonics he prescribed for himself within a month after his enforced resignation of his London curacy. Numerous and unattractive applications answered his advertisement, and in absolute faith that by so doing he was obeying the will of God, and aiding a brother priest, he accepted a locum tenency, which offered the largest congregation 'and the smallest salary of all that had been put at his disposal. It required a great effort of will to go with a good grace from the vicarage near Manchester where his...

Excerpt from The Sloane Square Scandal: And Other StoriesThe bleak winds of March are eddying round every corner and through every crevice on this day, making the traditional king's ransom a stinging scourge to all who meet it. But wind and dust are respectively less cutting and stinging than are some of the suggestive remarks and innuendoes which are freely exchanged between.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.