I've previously read the German edition William Paterson's compilations of 'Weird Tales' which was quite alright and was expecting a similar level of kooky & spooky entertainment here from American authors.

Unfortunately, rather than kooky & spooky this was just dull, I don't know whether it's because I'm laid up sick and as such lacking some concentration yet this really just didn't gain any level of my interest. I can't say I would recommend it but perhaps fans of Edgar Allan Poe would enjoy it; it features two short stories by Poe, and one from each of Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, William Simms, along with three uncredited stories.

This book is part of a set of at least 5 that I'm aware of being German, American, English, Irish, Scottish all published by William Paterson, London & Edinburgh in the closing of the 1800s. ( )