A mirror for witches
A MIRROR FOR WITCHES
in which is reflected the Life, Machinations, and Death of Famous DOLL BILBY, who, with a more than feminine perversity , preferred a Demon to a Mortal Lover. Here is also told how and why a Righteous and Most Awful JUDGEMENT befell her, destroying both Corporeal Body and Immortal Soul.
By ESTHER FORBES
With woodcuts by ROBERT GIBBINGS
BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge
COPYRIGHT, 1928, BY ESTHER FORBES HOSKINS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
The Riverside Press CAMBRIDGE · MASSACHUSETTS PRINTED IN THE U.S.A.
TO MARY AND GERHART JENTSCH
A MIRROR FOR WITCHES
A MIRROR FOR WITCHES
Certain Examples to Show Doll Bilby not alone among Women in her preference for Evil. The Cases of Ry, Goose, Leda, Danaë, etc., cited.
It has long been known that, on occasions, devils in the shape of humanity or in their own shapes (that is, with horns, hoofs, and tails) may fancy mortal women. By dark arts, sly promises of power, flattery, etc., they may prevail even upon Christian women, always to the destruction of these women’s souls and often to that of their bodies.