LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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William Penn making his treaty of peace and friendship with the Indians
(See page [32]),[Frontispiece]
"Take it away!"[1]
"Cannot rise! Prythee, what ails you, friend?"[11]
Seizing a firebrand, he searched for the print of the cloven foot,[21]
William Penn,[27]
"We all rose in the air on broomsticks,"[95]
Charles Stevens, at one sweep, snuffed out every candle on the table,[108]
The Charter Oak,[113]
The sturdy wife assailed him with her mop-stick and drove him away,[147]
"Then you may both go down—down to the infernal regions together!"[189]
"Which of the twain shall it be?"[213]
Eight men, bearing litters, were at the door. All were dripping with water,[233]
At every stroke he repeated, "I do this in the name of the Lord,"[239]
"Its motions were quicker than those of my axe,"[250]
The sheriff brought the witch up the broad aisle, her chains clanking as she stepped,[274]
The jail trembled to its very centre,[301]
Nought was to be seen, save massacre and pillage on every side,[310]

The resolute father continued to fire as he retreated,[320]
Lieut.-Gov. Stoughton,[330]
George Waters cut two stout sticks for crutches,[353]
"Charles Stevens, do you seek death?"[371]
Cotton Mather,[380]
Witches' Hill,[382]
Map of the period,[306]


THE WITCH OF SALEM.


CHAPTER I.

THE MAN WITH THE BOOK.