Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book
| "Canon Alberic's Scrap-book" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by M.R. James | |
"A hand like the hand in that picture". An illustration by M. R. James' friend James McBryde, from the first edition of Ghost Stories of an Antiquary. The figure of Dennistoun was based on M. R. James. | |
| Text available at Wikisource | |
| Original title | A Curious Book The Scrap-book of Canon Alberic |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Horror short story |
| Publication | |
| Published in | National Review |
| Media type | Print (magazine) |
| Publication date | 1895 |
Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book is a horror short story by English writer M. R. James, written in 1892 or 1893 and first published in 1895 in the National Review. It is his earliest known horror story and the first (along with "Lost Hearts") to be read aloud to the "Chitchat Society" at King's College, Cambridge, where many of his stories made their public debut. It was subsequently included in his first short story collection, Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904), though the malevolent entity is a demon rather than a ghost.