first miss i gave you the biography of the autor.
His name was M.R James, His complete name is Montague Rodhes James, he was born in 1829 in Kent, Goodneston, and die in eton in 1936. He was a grate writer, he developed a taste for old books from a precious age. he studied in the Cambridge University and then became head of king?s college, cambridge and of eton colleges the influenced of he was joseph sheridan le fanu.