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Their books relating to the terrible witchcraft delusion at Salem have now become very rare in the original editions, and their interest, as remarkable monuments of the history of superstition, make them well worthy of a reprint. THE CONTENTS. THE WONDERS OF THE INVISIBLE WORLD:-- Page The Author's Defence 3 Letter from Mr. _William Stoughton_ 6 Enchantments encountered 9 An Abstract of Mr. _Perkins's_ Way for the Discovery of Witches 30 The Sum of Mr. _Gaules_ Judgment about the Detection of Witches 33 A DISCOURSE ON THE WONDERS OF THE INVISIBLE WORLD 38 An Hortatory and Necessary Address, to a Country now Extraordinarily Alarum'd by the Wrath of the Devil 79 A Narrative of an Apparition which a Gentleman in Boston had of his Brother, just then murthered in London 107 A Modern Instance of Witches discovered and condemned in a Tryal, before that celebrated Judge, Sir Matthew Hale 111 The Tryal of _G. B._ at a Court of Oyer and Terminer, held in Salem, 1692 120 The Tryal of _Bridget Bishop_, alias _Oliver_, at the Court of Oyer and Terminer, held at Salem, June 2, 1692 129 The Tryal of _Susanna Martin_, at the Court of Oyer and Terminer, held by Adjournment at Salem, June 29, 1692 138 The Tryal of _Elizabeth How_, at the Court of Oyer and Terminer, held by Adjournment at Salem, June 30, 1692 149 The Tryal of _Martha Carrier_, at the Court of Oyer and Terminer, held by Adjournment at Salem, August 2, 1692 154 A Relation of a Few of the Matchless Curiosities which the Witchcraft presented 159 The First Curiositie 159 The Second Curiositie 161 The Third Curiositie 164 The Fourth Curiositie 165 Testimony of Mr. _W
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