# Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts: A Book of Stories Author: Quiller-Couch, Arthur, 1863-1944 Genre: Category: Short Stories Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13799 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Old+Fires+and+Profitable+Ghosts%3A+A+Book+of+Stories+Quiller-Couch&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary The stories in this book are of _revenants_: persons who either in spirit or in body revisit old scenes, return upon old selves or old emotions, or relate a message from a world beyond perception. "Which?" was suggested by a passage in Hawthorne's Note-books, where he proposes a story or sketch the scene of which is "to be laid within the light of a street lantern; the time, when the lamp is near going out; and the catastrophe to be simultaneous with the last flickering gleam." "The Lady of the Ship" is very nearly historical. "Prisoners of War" rests on the actual adventures of two St. Ives men, Thomas Williams and John Short, in the years 1804-1814. "Frozen Margit" and "The Seventh Man"... ## Chapters - [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-fires-and-profitable-ghosts-a-book-of-stories-13799/chapters/6/index.md) - [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-fires-and-profitable-ghosts-a-book-of-stories-13799/chapters/14/index.md) - [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-fires-and-profitable-ghosts-a-book-of-stories-13799/chapters/11/index.md) - [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-fires-and-profitable-ghosts-a-book-of-stories-13799/chapters/7/index.md) - [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-fires-and-profitable-ghosts-a-book-of-stories-13799/chapters/5/index.md) - [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-fires-and-profitable-ghosts-a-book-of-stories-13799/chapters/18/index.md) - [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-fires-and-profitable-ghosts-a-book-of-stories-13799/chapters/13/index.md) - [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-fires-and-profitable-ghosts-a-book-of-stories-13799/chapters/10/index.md) - [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-fires-and-profitable-ghosts-a-book-of-stories-13799/chapters/19/index.md) - [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-fires-and-profitable-ghosts-a-book-of-stories-13799/chapters/3/index.md) - [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-fires-and-profitable-ghosts-a-book-of-stories-13799/chapters/17/index.md) - [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-fires-and-profitable-ghosts-a-book-of-stories-13799/chapters/8/index.md) - [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-fires-and-profitable-ghosts-a-book-of-stories-13799/chapters/1/index.md) - [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-fires-and-profitable-ghosts-a-book-of-stories-13799/chapters/15/index.md) - [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-fires-and-profitable-ghosts-a-book-of-stories-13799/chapters/4/index.md) - [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-fires-and-profitable-ghosts-a-book-of-stories-13799/chapters/9/index.md) - [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-fires-and-profitable-ghosts-a-book-of-stories-13799/chapters/16/index.md) - [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-fires-and-profitable-ghosts-a-book-of-stories-13799/chapters/12/index.md) - [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-fires-and-profitable-ghosts-a-book-of-stories-13799/chapters/2/index.md) - [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-fires-and-profitable-ghosts-a-book-of-stories-13799/chapters/20/index.md)