He catalogued many of the manuscript libraries of the colleges of the University of Cambridge. His 1917 edition of the Latin hagiography of Г†thelberht II of East Anglia, king and martyr, remains authoritative. This included drawings of all the bosses in the north walk by C. He published a detailed description of the sculptured ceiling bosses of the cloisters of Norwich Cathedral in 1911. His discovery of a manuscript fragment led to excavations in the ruins of the abbey at Bury St Edmunds, West Suffolk, in 1902, in which the graves of several twelfth-century abbots described by Jocelyn de Brakelond (a contemporary chronicler) were rediscovered, having been lost since the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Indeed, the success of his stories was founded on his antiquarian talents and knowledge. James is best known for his ghost stories, but his work as a medievalist scholar was prodigious and remains highly respected in scholarly circles.

James's scholarly work uncovered the burial places of the abbots of Bury St Edmunds Abbey in 1903 (from front to rear): Edmund of Walpole (1248вЂ“1256) Henry of Rushbrooke (1235вЂ“1248) Richard of the Isle of Ely (1229вЂ“1234) Samson (1182вЂ“1211) and Ording (1148вЂ“1157). His ability as an actor was also apparent when he read his new ghost stories to friends at Christmas time. Apart from medieval subjects, James toured Europe often, including a memorable 1884 tour of France in a Cheylesmore tricycle, studied the classics and appeared very successfully in a staging of Aristophanes' play The Birds, with music by Hubert Parry. The university provides settings for several of his tales. He lived for many years, first as an undergraduate (1882вЂ“1885), then as a don and provost, at King's College, Cambridge, where he was also a member of the Pitt Club.

From September 1876 to August 1882 he studied at Eton College, where he claims to have translated the Book of Baruch from its original Ethiopic in 1879. In September 1873 he arrived as a boarder at Temple Grove School in East Sheen in west London, one of the leading boys' preparatory schools of the day. Several of James's ghost stories are set in Suffolk, including ' 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'' ( Felixstowe), ' A Warning to the Curious' (Aldeburgh), 'Rats' and 'A Vignette' (Great Livermere). This had previously been the childhood home of another eminent Suffolk antiquary, Thomas Martin of Palgrave (1696вЂ“1771). From the age of three (1865) until 1909 James's home, if not always his residence, was at the Rectory in Great Livermere, Suffolk. Sydney James later became Archdeacon of Dudley. He had two older brothers, Sydney and Herbert (nicknamed 'Ber'), and an older sister, Grace. His father was Herbert James, an Evangelical Anglican clergyman, and his mother, Mary Emily ( nГ©e Horton), was the daughter of a naval officer. James was born in a clergy house in Goodnestone, Dover, Kent, England, although his parents had associations with Aldeburgh in Suffolk. 7.2.2 First magazine publication of uncollected tales.

Fairy female laughing in the wind 2001