Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others

"Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others" by John Kendrick Bangs is a collection of amusing supernatural stories from the late 1800s that mixes humor with the paranormal as it follows encounters with different ghosts. The main character is the author, who tells his stories with a mix of doubt and amusement about the ghostly things he sees. At the beginning, he thinks about the many times he has met ghosts, showing that he can be both scared and interested when he sees them. He tells about one especially scary ghost that came to his chair one night, describing how his body was afraid but his mind was calm, as he politely offered the ghost a cigar. Their talk is funny, showing how the author can talk to ghosts without being as scared as most people would be. The beginning sets things up for a number of funny adventures with other ghosts that should amuse readers with smart humor and fun.