William Fryer Harvey

Lawrence Chalmers wrote:
> What collection(s) of his stories do you recommend? I kow only August
> Heat and The Beast With Five Fingers.

The US version of The Beast With Five Fingers is essentially the "best
of". You might also want to seek out The Arm of Mrs Egan. With those
two you have pretty much the essential Harvey.

Cheers,

John

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John Pelan wrote:
> Lawrence Chalmers wrote:
> > What collection(s) of his stories do you recommend? I kow only August
> > Heat and The Beast With Five Fingers.
>
> The US version of The Beast With Five Fingers is essentially the "best
> of". You might also want to seek out The Arm of Mrs Egan. With those
> two you have pretty much the essential Harvey.


It should be pointed out that the U.S. *Beast with Five Fingers*
(Dutton, 1947) that John is referring to is the same collection as the
British *Midnight Tales* that I cited upthread--just a difference in
U.S. and U.K. titles. Dutton's 1928 collection, confusingly also titled
*The Beast with Five Fingers* (here they did not change the British
title), is not the same book at all.

RPN
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On Jan 10, 7:14 pm, "RPN" <r....TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote (in part):

> It should be pointed out that the U.S. *Beast with Five Fingers*
> (Dutton, 1947) that John is referring to is the same collection as the
> British *Midnight Tales* that I cited upthread--just a difference in
> U.S. and U.K. titles. Dutton's 1928 collection, confusingly also titled
> *The Beast with Five Fingers* (here they did not change the British
> title), is not the same book at all.

Yes, indeed. As I learned to my embarrassment a number of years ago.

And just to amplify John's comment as regards W. F. Harvey's _The Arm
of Mrs. Egan and Other Stories_ (Dent, 1951): Not all of the entries
have supernatural elements; many are fairly straightforward mystery
tales, if I recall correctly. The first section, "Twelve Strange
Cases", revolve around the character of Nurse Wilkie. It's a worthwhile
collection, but in my opinion the contents don't quite measure up to
the author's earlier stories.

Yrs,

Michael
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smee wrote:
> On Jan 10, 7:14 pm, "RPN" <r... DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote (in part):
>
> > It should be pointed out that the U.S. *Beast with Five Fingers*
> > (Dutton, 1947) that John is referring to is the same collection as the
> > British *Midnight Tales* that I cited upthread--just a difference in
> > U.S. and U.K. titles. Dutton's 1928 collection, confusingly also titled
> > *The Beast with Five Fingers* (here they did not change the British
> > title), is not the same book at all.
>
> Yes, indeed. As I learned to my embarrassment a number of years ago.
>
> And just to amplify John's comment as regards W. F. Harvey's _The Arm
> of Mrs. Egan and Other Stories_ (Dent, 1951): Not all of the entries
> have supernatural elements; many are fairly straightforward mystery
> tales, if I recall correctly. The first section, "Twelve Strange
> Cases", revolve around the character of Nurse Wilkie. It's a worthwhile
> collection, but in my opinion the contents don't quite measure up to
> the author's earlier stories.
>
> Yrs,
>
> Michael

Just to add to the info already given, the original collections as
published by date are:

Midnight House, and Other Tales (Dent, 1910)

The Beast With Five Fingers and Other Tales (Dent, 1928, Dutton, 1928)

Moods and Tenses (Basil & Blackwell, 1933)

Midnight Tales (Dent, 1946)

- as John pointed out, a sort of "best-of" collection of stories form
the first three volumes, later reprinted under the title The Beast With
Five Fingers, and Other Tales in 1947 in the US and 1962 in the UK

The Arm of Mrs. Egan, and Other Stories (Dent, 1951, Dutton, 1952)

Huw
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smee wrote:
> On Jan 10, 7:14 pm, "RPN" <r....RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote (in part):
>
> > It should be pointed out that the U.S. *Beast with Five Fingers*
> > (Dutton, 1947) that John is referring to is the same collection as the
> > British *Midnight Tales* that I cited upthread--just a difference in
> > U.S. and U.K. titles. Dutton's 1928 collection, confusingly also titled
> > *The Beast with Five Fingers* (here they did not change the British
> > title), is not the same book at all.
>
> Yes, indeed. As I learned to my embarrassment a number of years ago.
>
> And just to amplify John's comment as regards W. F. Harvey's _The Arm
> of Mrs. Egan and Other Stories_ (Dent, 1951): Not all of the entries
> have supernatural elements; many are fairly straightforward mystery
> tales, if I recall correctly. The first section, "Twelve Strange
> Cases", revolve around the character of Nurse Wilkie. It's a worthwhile
> collection, but in my opinion the contents don't quite measure up to
> the author's earlier stories.
>
> Yrs,
>
> Michael

I would quite agree! Any guesses as to why an imprint named in honor of
Harvey has yet to publish a book by him?

Cheers,

John
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But I thought you WERE planning on issuing a collection devoted to
Harvey. A few stories remain uncollected, is that not correct?

Jim

> I would quite agree! Any guesses as to why an imprint named in honor of
> Harvey has yet to publish a book by him?
>
> Cheers,
>
> John
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John Pelan wrote:
> smee wrote:
[snippage]> I would quite agree! Any guesses as to why an imprint named
in honor of
> Harvey has yet to publish a book by him?
>
> Cheers,
>
> John

Back when I was living in South Carolina, Joshi had me go to the USC
library and make him photocopies of several uncollected weird tales by
Harvey for a proposed collected stories, but I have no idea why it has
yet to materialize. In the meanwhile, I must content myself with my
copy of "Midnight Tales," which has an interesting introduction by
Maurice Richardson (who later earned approbrium for his suggestion that
M. R. James' "'Oh Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'" was a
masturbation-anxiety fantasy!)

Best,
Scott
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wwhate....TakeThisOut@mindspring.com wrote:

> John Pelan wrote:
> > smee wrote:
> [snippage]> I would quite agree! Any guesses as to why an imprint named
> in honor of
> > Harvey has yet to publish a book by him?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > John
>
> Back when I was living in South Carolina, Joshi had me go to the USC
> library and make him photocopies of several uncollected weird tales by
> Harvey for a proposed collected stories, but I have no idea why it has
> yet to materialize. In the meanwhile, I must content myself with my
> copy of "Midnight Tales," which has an interesting introduction by
> Maurice Richardson (who later earned approbrium for his suggestion that
> M. R. James' "'Oh Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'" was a
> masturbation-anxiety fantasy!)
>
> Best,
> Scott

If only they'd had fabric conditioner at the hotel in Burnstow, poor
old Parkins wouldn't have had to suffer the ignominy of stiff
bedsheets, which in turn would have exonnerated him and Mr Richardson
from such charges.

Z
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Lawrence Chalmers wrote:

> What collection(s) of his stories do you recommend? I kow only August
> Heat and The Beast With Five Fingers.
>no idea
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