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This balanced account of the Salem Village witchcraft trials, including the events leading up to them, was first printed in 1702. The book was written by Reverend John Hale, the pastor of the church in Beverly, Massachusetts. His rare eyewitness account concludes it was Satan, not the accused witches, who used the manipulation of objects to afflict others. Rev. Hale had been the preacher in Salem since 1664, and was a participant in the trials, attending them and praying with the accused.The mission of DERBY SQUARE PRESS is to find and once again make available to the public out of print books of historical significance. This book is a reformatted copy of the original.

The Esther C. Mack Industrial School of Salem, Massachusetts compiled this book in 1910. Included are selections from 'The Compleat Cook' (1683); 'The Frugal Housewife' (1730); 'Our Grandmother's Cook Book' (1800); and 'Our Own Cook Books' (1900). Literary quotations from Shakespeare, Byron, Cervantes, and more are scattered among the recipes for baked goodies, meat dishes, and beverages.The mission of THE MADE IN SALEM SERIES is to find and once again make available to the public out of print books of historical significance. This book is a copy of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks and flawed pages but at the same time is a modern edition reflecting the original work.

Volume 4. "This collection is a revelation, even to those of us who have long been interested in women's writing. From now on, it will be an indispensable resource." -Phyllis Rackin, Professor of English emerita and past president of the Shakespeare Association No single library on the planet can stand besides this unique collection of writings by and about extraordinary women of the British Isles. WOMEN'S WORKS, Volume 1, gathers the best in women's literature from the Celts and Anglo Saxons through the six wives of Henry VIII; with astonishing glimpses into the private lives of queens, midwives, heretics and nuns. Volume 2 covers the reigns of queens Jane (9 days), Mary, and Elizabeth I, with selections from wits, witches, and lovers. Volume 3 provides a rich assembly of women poets, playwrights, and proto-feminists of the Jacobean period. And Volume 4 presents a gallery of female poets, lovers, rebels, and wits of the Caroline and Civil War eras. Twenty-five years in the making, WOMEN'S WORKS sets forth a thousand years of women's history, from women's point of view, much of its content supplied by previously unpublished manuscripts (in modern spelling) and a lively commentary throughout, by leading scholars who actually know how to write. (Review) Illustrated. 8x10 440 pp.

No single library on the planet can stand besides this unique collection of writings by and about extraordinary women of the British Isles. WOMEN'S WORKS, Volume 1, gathers the best in women's literature from the Celts and Anglo Saxons through the six wives of Henry VIII; with astonishing glimpses into the private lives of queens, midwives, heretics and nuns. Volume 2 covers the reigns of queens Jane (9 days), Mary, and Elizabeth I, with selections from wits, witches, and lovers. Volume 3 provides a rich assembly of women poets, playwrights, and proto-feminists of the Jacobean period. And Volume 4 presents a gallery of female poets, lovers, rebels, and wits of the Caroline and Civil War eras. Twenty-five years in the making, WOMEN'S WORKS sets forth a thousand years of women's history, from women's point of view, much of its content supplied by previously unpublished manuscripts (in modern spelling) and a lively commentary throughout, by leading scholars who actually know how to write. (Review) Illustrated. 8x10 440 pp.

WOMEN'S WORKS is simply breathtaking. Not in its concept - we have long needed, and said we have needed, a thorough anthology of the best writing of Medieval and Renaissance English women ... - but in its execution. Foster has gone (as others have not) to every manuscript systematically. He has worked out stemma, textual variants, and the like. And he has prepared, for the first time, a work that is authoritative and comprehensive, complete and final. It will not, because it cannot, be superseded." (Review)

Most guides to good writing are written by people who can't write. Even The Elements of Style, by Strunk & White (the best-selling book of its kind until now) begins on page 1 with a rule about when to use the semicolon. Does that sound like a smart opening hook? Here at long last is a priceless guide to As in the classroom and five-star book reviews on the Internet: How to Write digests the wisdom and expertise of more than one hundred great masters (and records the lapses of a few great buffoons). If you wish to succeed in college or in the literary marketplace, then this is a resource that you cannot do without. The best book you'll ever read may be one that you wrote yourself-but not until you know How to Write.

"WOMEN'S WORKS ... manages to make immensely difficult labor look like the most natural outgrowth of intellectual engagement with a problem - not easy but the product of worthwhile effort. In addition to providing the basic documents of a virtually unknown canon, the typescript of this anthology incorporates some of the most useful innovations I've ever seen in the publication of medieval and Renaissance literary texts....Foster has a fine ear, and his edition repeatedly encourages its readers to hear the poems. He builds into his edition many devices to heighten a reader's awareness of the poem as a performed and experienced event. All editions should do these things, but very few manage even the most basic. Because he has mastered all the traditional editorial and literary skills and fused them with a craftsman's management of desktop publishing technology, Foster has engineered a graceful escalation of the values and esthetics of literature courses. I expect that future editors will adopt them as models." -anonymous press reader, Columbia University (Scholar's Review) Illustrated. 8x10