CONTENTS.
Preface, page [9].—References, [14].—Explanatory Note—Definitions, [15].
Mather and Calef, [25].—Account of Margaret Rule, [26].—Definitions of Witchcraft, [29].—Commission of the Devil, [30].—Margaret assaulted by Specters, [31].—Offered a Book, and pinched, [33].—Fasted, and perceived a Man liable to drown, [34].—Lifted, and saw a White Spirit, [35].—Rubbed by Mather, [37].—Visited by Spies, [39].—Prayed with, and Brimstone was smelt, [40].—Fowler charges Delirium Tremens, [41].—Affidavit of Avis, [44].—Calef baffled, [46].—Levitation of R. H. Squires, [46].
Cotton Mather, [52].—Haven’s Account of Mercy Short, [71].
Robert Calef, [73].
Thomas Hutchinson, [76].
C. W. Upham, [80].
Margaret Jones, [85].—Winthrop’s Account of her, [87].—Hutchinson’s and Upham’s, [88].—Our own, [89].—J. W. Crosby’s Experience, [94].—Spirit of Prophecy, [99].—Spirit Child, [100].—Materialization, [102].—Newburyport Spirit Boy, [103].—Why Margaret was executed, [109].—Erroneous faith, [114].—Margaret’s Case isolated, [119].—Epitaph, [121].
Ann Hibbins, [122].—Beach’s Letter, [123].—Hutchinson’s Account of Ann, [124].—Upham’s, [126].—Her Will, [128].—Her Wit, [131].—Densmore’s Inner Hearing, [135].—Guessing, [138].—Her Social Position, [140].—Slandered, [130], [142].—Her Intuitive Powers, [143].—Her Illumination, [146].
Ann Cole, [147].—Hutchinson’s Account, [147].—Whiting’s, [148].—The Greensmiths, [153].—Representative Experiences, [154].
Elizabeth Knap, [157].—How affected, [158].—Long accustomed to see Spirits, [160].—Accused Mr. Willard, [162].—A Case of Spiritualism.
Morse Family, [167].—Physical Manifestations, [168].—The Sailor Boy, [169].—Caleb Powell, [170].—Hazzard’s Account of Read, [172].—Mather’s Account of John Stiles, [175].—Mrs. Morse accused, [178].—Hale’s Report, [182].—Morse’s Testimony, [184].—2d do., [187].—His Character, [190].—Faults of Historians, [193].—Marvels in Essex County, [197].—Eliakim Phelps, [198].
Goodwin Family, [199].—Hutchinson’s Account, [201].—Character of the Children, [207].—Wild Irish Woman, [210].—Philip Smith’s Case, [211].—Upham’s Account, [213].—Spirit Loss of Earth Language, [216].—Mather flattered, [217].—The Girl’s Weight triplicated, [219].—Mather’s Person shielded, [221].—Upham’s Conclusion incredible, [223].—Hutchinson nonplused, [224].—Justice to the Devil, [227]. Summary, [229].
Salem Witchcraft, [231].—Occurred at Danvers, [231].—Circle of Girls, [233].—Their Lack of Education, [235].—Obstacles to their Meeting, [236].—Mediumistic Capabilities, [239].—Parsonage Kitchen, [240].—Fits stopped by Whipping, [242].—Upham’s Lack of Knowledge, [243].—Hare’s Demonstration, [245].—Upham’s Lament and Warnings, [246].—Nothing Supernatural, [249].—Varley’s Position, [252].—The Afflicted knew their Afflicters, [254].—Names of the Afflicted, [257].—Mr. Parris’s Account of Witchcraft Advent, [259].—What occurred, [260].—Lawson’s Account, [261].—The Bewitching Cake, [262].—John Indian and Tituba, [263].—Tituba Participator and Witness, [267].
Tituba, [271].—Examination of her, [271-297].—Summary of her Statements, [298].—Discrepancies between Cheever and Corwin, [301].—Dates fixed by Corwin, [303].—Tituba’s Authority as Expounder, [308].—Calef’s Notice of her, [309].—Her Confession, [312].—Her Unhappy Fate, [313].
Sarah Good, [313].—Why visible apparitionally, [314].—Her Examination, [315].—Mesmeric Force, [318].—Persons absent in Form afflict, [320].—Only Clairvoyance sees Spirits, [323].—Its Fitfulness, [324].—A Witch because not bewitchable, [325].—Her Invisibility, [325].—H. B. Storer’s Account of Mrs. Compton, [326].—Ann Putnam’s Deposition, [331].—S. Good’s Prophetic Glimpse, [335].
Dorcas Good, [335].—Bites with Spirit Teeth, [336].—State of Opinion admitting her Arrest, [338].—Upham’s Presentation of Public Excitement, [339].—Lovely Witches now, [342].
Sarah Osburn, [342].—Was seen spectrally, [343].—Heard a Voice, [345].
Martha Corey, [347].—Her Character.—Visited by Putnam and Cheever, [348].—Foresensed their Visit, [348].—Laughed when on Trial, [352].—Calef and Upham’s Account of her, [353].—Her Prayer, [354].
Giles Corey, [354].—Refused to plead, [355].—Was pressed to Death, [356].—His Heroism, [357].
Rebecca Nurse, [358].—Was seen as an Apparition, [358].—Her Mother a Witch, [360].—Had Fits, [361].—Confusion at her Trial, [362].—The Power of Will, [363].—Elizabeth Parris, [364].—Agassiz, [365].—Not guilty, and then guilty, [367].
Mary Easty, [367].—Her Examination, [368].—The Character of her Trial, [370].—Her Petition, [371].—Last Hour, [373].
Susanna Martin, [373].—Her Examination, [374].—The Devil took Samuel’s Shape, [374].—R. P.’s Position, [375].—Her Apparition gave Annoyance, [377].
Martha Carrier, [378].—Examination of, [378].—Her Children Witches, how they afflicted, and their Confessions, [381].
George Burroughs, [390].—Indictment of, [391].—Opinions concerning him, [392].—Apparitions of his Wives, [394].—His Liftings, [399].—The Devil an Indian, [402].—Thought-reading, [405].—His Susceptibilities and Character, [406].
Summary, [408].—Number executed, [412].—Spirits proved to have been Enactors of Witchcraft, [414].
The Confessors, [415].
The Accusing Girls, [420].—Ann Putnam’s Confession, [420].
The Prosecutors, [425].
Witchcraft’s Author, [428].
The Motive, [432].
Local and Personal, [445].
Methods of Providence, [451].
APPENDIX.
Christendom’s Witchcraft Devil, [459].
Limitations of His Powers, [464].
Covenant With Him, [466].
His Defence, [467].
Demonology and Necromancy, [468].
Biblical Witch and Witchcraft, [470].
Christendom’s Witch and Witchcraft, [471].
Spirit, Soul, and Mental Powers, [472].
Two Sets of Mental Powers—Agassiz, [476].
Marvel and Spiritualism, [478].
Indian Worship, [480].