O privideniyach i ne tol′ko

Ustraivajtes′ poudobnee, dorogie chitateli! Vy uslyshite istorii o neschastnom prizrake pokojnogo Dzhonsona, chto chasami rydaet i zavyvaet, meshaya spat′ i igrat′ v karty; o duche starogo skryagi mel′nika, chto, nakonec, reshil rasskazat′, kuda spryatal klad; i o zagadochnom prividenii, chto yakoby obitaet v goluboj komnate. A eshhe — rasskazy o bol′shom chernom kote, ch′e poyavlenie menyaet zhizni vstretivshichsya emu lyudej; ob obychnom zhitele Londona, kotoryj leg spat′ i prosnulsya cherez tysyachu let; i o shtatnom avtore populyarnogo zhurnala, reshivshem vpast′ v unynie radi napisaniya trogatel′noj stat′i k Rozhdestvu…