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“I HAVE endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it.” Their faithful Friend and Servant, C. D. December , 1843. In this season of nostalgia and reflection, I am reminded of the ghostly little books that haunted so pleasantly that they compelled a younger me to read, read, and rea