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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