The Witchcraft Delusion in New England: Its Rise, Progress, and Termination, (Vol. 1 of 3)

The Witchcraft Delusion in New England: Its Rise, Progress, and Termination, (Vol. 1 of 3)

THE Witchcraft Delusion IN NEW ENGLAND: ITS Rise, Progress, and Termination, AS EXHIBITED BY Dr. COTTON MATHER, IN THE WONDERS OF THE INVISIBLE WORLD; AND BY Mr. ROBERT CALEF, IN HIS MORE WONDERS OF THE INVISIBLE WORLD. WITH A Preface, Introduction, and Notes, By SAMUEL G. DRAKE. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. I. The Wonders of the Invisible World. TO MY MORE THAN BROTHER, HARLOW ROYS, WHO AT ALL TIMES ALIKE IN PROSPERITY AND ADVERSITY HAS STOOD MY FRIEND, WHO WHEN MY STEPS SEEMED RAPIDLY DESCENDING INTO THE "DARK VALLEY" AND "THE RIVER" WITH THE "BOATMAN PALE" WERE CLOSE BEFORE ME, CHEERED ME BY HIS PRESENCE AND HELD ME BACK BY THE GRASP OF HIS STRONG HAND, WARM WITH LIFE AND LOVE, IN TOKEN OF AN AFFECTION WHICH STRONG AT FIRST, AS YEARS PASS AND WE GROW OLDER GROWS MORE INTENSE, I DEDICATE THESE VOLUMES. iii HE Object in giving to the Public this new Edition of the Wonders of the Invisible World, is mainly to preserve an accurate Reprint of that wonderful Book. At the same Time it is intended to show that its Author has unjustly been singled out and held up to everlasting Scorn, as though he had been the Instigator of the whole Mischief; that from his high Standing socially he was more prominent than any other Man, and that this occasioned his being especially held responsible is clearly true. His ready Pen also largely contributed to place him in the front Rank of those whom that woeful Delusion led captive; he having iv written more largely upon the Subject than any other. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 50204
Author: Calef, Robert
Release Date: Oct 13, 2015
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Contributor (Author): Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728
Editor: Drake, Samuel G., 1798-1875