[UlfK]

Jerome published one volume of ghost stories, but, being himself, they are not really ghost stories per se; rather they are very much ´tounge-in-cheek´ ghost stories. The volume is Told after Supper (1891), republished as After Supper Ghost Stories (and variations of this title). Some republishings claim to include not only TaS, but more material. I have not seen or read any of those.

Apart from this, I have seen a part of Novel Notes (1893) published separately as The Man of Science; it is a straight ghost story. Apart from this, I have not read anything ghastly by Jerome. (But I still haven’t read all he wrote, far from it.)

Do you know the titles of any of the volumes you are referring to? If so, one could google and perhaps find out what Jerome stories are included.

[UlfK]

I have done a search in my Delphi e-edition, with no hits. Searching for parts, like ´good wine´, ´influenza´etc also did not give any results even remotely comparable to the quote above.

Google does not seem to have this quote attributed to anyone else, nor have I been able to find any variations/misspellings, which probably means that the attribution originated from one source only. This, however, does not mean the attribution is correct. If it is Jerome, it is probably from some uncollected article.

The Delphi edition includes the following:

Contents:The Novels
Three Men In A Boat (To Say Nothing Of The Dog)
Three Men On The Bummel
Paul Kelver
Tommy And Co.
They And I
All Roads Lead To Calvary

The Short Story Collections
Told After Supper
John Ingerfield And Other Stories
Sketches In Lavender, Blue And Green
The Observations Of Henry
The Passing Of The Third Floor Back, And Other Stories
The Angel And The Author And Others
Malvina Of Brittanythe Short Stories
List Of Short Stories In Chronological Order
List Of Short Stories In Alphabetical Order

The Plays
Fanny And The Servant Problem
The Master Of Mrs. Chilvers

The Non-Fiction
Idle Thoughts Of An Idle Fellow
On The Stage And Off
Stageland
The Diary Of A Pilgrimage, And Six Essays
Novel Notes
Second Thoughts Of An Idle Fellow
Tea-Table Talk
Idle Ideas In 1905

The Biography
Jerome K: Jerome: His Life And Works By Alfred Moss

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