Narratives of Sorcery & Magic from the Most Authentic Sources Vol. 1 (1851)

Volume 1 of 2. The history presented in these volumes furnishes an example of the manner in which the public mind may be acted upon by erroneous views under particular circumstances. The object of the detached histories is to exhibit the character and forms under which various different periods of superstitions of sorcery and magic affected the progress or interfered with the peace of society.