Witchcraft in Old and New England.

1 A typical case. 2 English witchcraft before 1558. 3 Image magic and the like. 4 Love and hate. 5 Madness, curses, and the elfshot. 6 Venefica. 7 Charms ghoulish and profane. 8 Wind and weather. 9 The witch in the dairy. 10 Metamorphosis. 11 Mirrors and thieves. 12 Treasure trove. 13 Haunted houses and haunted men. 14 The seer. 15 Cold water. 16 The compact and the witches' sabbath. 17 King James the First. 18 Witchcraft and the Puritans

'The accessible materials for a history of Elizabethan witchcraft are scattered and fragmentary. Much is lost, and much remains inedited. Yet we cannot hope to understand the prosecutions of the last sixty years of the seventeenth century, whether in Old England or in New, until we arrive at a substantially accurate comprehension of what was not only the dogmas of the theologians, the tenets of the physicians, and the rules of the law that we need to know, but, above everything else, the beliefs and feelings of the populace--of the folk itself.' --p.3

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