Witch, warlock, and magician : historical sketches of magic and witchcraft in England and Scotland / by W.H. Davenport Adams.

  • Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport), 1828-1891.
Date:
1889
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Witch, warlock, and magician : historical sketches of magic and witchcraft in England and Scotland / by W.H. Davenport Adams. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION. PAGE PROGRESS OF ALCHEMY IN EUROPE - - 1 BOOK I. THE ENGLISH MAGICIANS. CHAPTER I. ROGER BACON : THE TRUE AND THE LEGENDARY - 27 II. THE STORY OF DR. JOHN DEE - - 59 III. DR. DEE'S diary - - - - - 93 IV. MAGIC AND IMPOSTURE : A COUPLE OF KNAVES - 102 V. THE LAST OF THE ENGLISH MAGICIANS : WILLIAM LILLY ------ 128 VI. ENGLISH ROSICRUCIANS - - - - 181 BOOK II. WITCHES AND WITCHCRAFT. I. EARLY HISTORY OF WITCHCRAFT IN ENGLAND - 203 II. WITCHCRAFT IN ENGLAND IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ------ 244 III. THE DECLINE OF WITCHCRAFT IN ENGLAND - - 292 IV. THE WITCHES OF SCOTLAND • 303 V. THE LITERATURE OF WITCHCRAFT - - - . 378