Ustraivaytes poudobnee, dorogie chitateli! Vy uslyshite istorii o neschastnom prizrake pokoynogo Dzhonsona, chto chasami rydaet i zavyvaet, meshaya spat i igrat v karty; o duhe starogo skryagi melnika, chto, nakonets, reshil rasskazat, kuda spryatal klad; i o zagadochnom prividenii, chto yakoby obitaet v goluboy komnate. A esche - rasskazy o bolshom chernom kote, che poyavlenie menyaet zhizni vstretivshihsya emu lyudey; ob obychnom zhitele Londona, kotoryy leg spat i prosnulsya cherez tysyachu let; i o shtatnom avtore populyarnogo zhurnala, reshivshem vpast v unynie radi napisaniya trogatelnoy stati k Rozhdestvu...