“The stories are so-so, but the illustrations are great as ever. I wrote a whole thing about the replacements: https://litreactor.com/columns/the-18-most-egregious-art-replacements-from-scary-stories-to-tell-in-the-dark
There was a section in these books, an afterword that told the origin of some of the stories. I skipped that as a kid, but it was kind of interesting as an adult. The most interesting thing was the claim that Mark Twain sometimes read this story where a ghost constantly asks “Whooooo has my toe?” and walks around, and eventually the storyteller grabs someone in the crowd and says, “YOU!”
Apparently Mark Twain thought this was a fun thing to read aloud at events. And I can’t decide if that makes him a hack or reaffirms his legendary status. “