Casting the Runes

Montague Rhodes James, born on August 1, 1862, in Goodnestone Parsonage, Kent, stands as a preeminent figure in the development of the modern ghost story. A renaissance man within the academe of his time, he served with distinction as a medieval scholar, palaeographer, and as the provost of both King's College, Cambridge and Eton College. His profound understanding of medieval texts and his schola...