The Haunted House

However, the execution is less good than the promise. Dickens' writing shines out from the assembled as being a far better writer than any of the others, and of the five other writers only two - Wilkie Collins and Elizabeth Gaskell - keep literary reputations to this day. It is not hard to see why. Hesba Setton, Adeliade Proctor and George Sala are inferior writers whose limitations are shown up by their company, and their contributions are at best forgettable. Gaskell and Collins produce workmanlike performances and only Dickens' framing story and entry are worth the price of admission - and even these are inferior Dickens.
As a book this is worth buying for completists, or as a fine example of a victorian literary curio. It is not, however, first class writing from the cover author, and nor is it in whole a good read on it's own merits.