The popular superstitions of our ancestors, which included a firm belief in Witchcraft, in the Special Providences of God, and in the Manifestations of the Invisible World,—not to speak of Omens, Charms, and the like,—are an unfailing source of interest to our age. Mr. Drake shows us what those beliefs were, and in what way they worked for good or evil, as moral or physical agents, and so moulded the history of the times. Although they possess all the charm of romance, these stories are really the sober record of the startling or marvellous occurrences that they narrate. One cannot rise from a perusal of this most fascinating book without saying, “I now know what kind of men and women the founders of New England really were. Truth is indeed stranger than fiction!”
ROBERTS BROTHERS,
3 Somerset Street, Boston, Mass.
Messrs. Roberts Brothers’ Publications.
A STRANGE CAREER.
LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF
JOHN GLADWYN JEBB.
BY HIS WIDOW.
With an Introduction by H. Rider Haggard, and a portrait of Mr. Jebb. 12mo, cloth. Price, $1.25.