Irish Fairy and folklore there were in abundance but there was no book of ghosts. .. . .
Within a fortnight I had sufficient material to make a book; within a month I had so much material that I could pick and choose -- and more was promised.
On October 30, the first answers reached me.
I wrote out a letter, stating exactly what I wanted, and what I did not want, and requesting the readers of it either to forward me Ghost stories, or else to put me in the way of getting them: this letter was sent to the principal Irish newspapers on October 27, and published on October 29, and following days.
Suddenly a brilliant thought struck me.
Irish Fairy and folklore there were in abundance but there was no book of ghosts