James story I read, and its conception-that the images which present themselves in an old etching could be transformed in such a way that various individuals who glanced at it during the course of a day could see the individual stages of an horrific of crime. For many years, I actively disliked this story, and my reasons for this are suggested by the note above.The Mezzotint” is one of my favorite M.R. It also features an explanatory note that sounds a little like an apology: It will be said, perhaps, and not unjustly, that this is no more than a variation on a former story of mine called “The Mezzotint.” I can only hope that there is enough of variation in the setting to make the repetition of the motif tolerable. First published in the Empire Review (March 1923), “The Haunted Doll House” was later reprinted in James last substantial collection, A Warning to the Curious (1925).
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