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Preface ix
Chapter 1 "A Biography of a Terrible But Perfectly Normal Superstition" 1
The Origins of European Witchcraft 1
The Development of European Witchcraft 3
The Great European Witch-hunt 6
A Summary View of Witch-hunts in England 15
Chapter 2 "Having Familiarity with the Devil" 21
Witch-hunts in Seventeenth-Century America 21
Witch-hunts in Seventeenth-Century New England 22
Some Notable Witch Trials in Seventeenth-Century New England 30
The Pattern of Witch-hunt Activity in Seventeenth-Century New England 37
Chapter 3 "The Evil Hand" Is upon Them 43
A Glimpse at Salem's Past 43
The First Signs of the Devil 51
The Hearings Begin 59
Chapter 4 "Is Not This a Brand Plucked From the Burning?" 65
The Cases of Martha and Giles Corey and Dorcas Good 65
The Case of Rebecca Nurse 71
Deodat Lawson's Lecture Day Sermon 75
Sarah Cloyce Is Charged 78
Mary Easty Is Summoned 80
The Pace Quickens 82
Chapter 5 "If They Are Let Alone We Should All Be Devils and Witches" 88
The Cases of Elizabeth and John Proctor 88
Mary Warren Tries to Recant 92
Bridget Bishop and Abigail Hobbs Are Charged 94
Seven of the Nine Are Formally Charged 97
The Ordeal Begins for Mary and Philip English 101
The "Black Minister" Is Apprehended 105
Dorcas Hoar Is Jailed 111
Chapter 6 "God Will Deliver Us Out of the Hands of Unmerciful Men" 112
The Case of George Jacobs Sr. 112
John Willard Changes Sides 116
Daniel Andrew Is Charged 119
The Carys Escape 119
John Alden Is Arrested 121
The Andover Witch-hunt 123
Chapter 7 "God Will Give You Blood to Drink" 131
The Court of Oyer and Terminer Is Established 133
Bridget Bishop Is Tried 136
The CourtCompletes Its First Session 142
The First Mass Execution and Its Effects 146
Chapter 8 "What a Sad Thing It Is to See Eight Firebrands of Hell Hanging There" 149
The Case of George Burroughs 149
The Proctors Are Condemned 150
The Case of George Jacobs Sr., John Willard, and Martha Carrier 152
The Hangings of August 19 153
The Trials of September: The Cases of Martha Corey and Mary Easty 155
The Ordeal of Giles Corey 157
The Mood in September 1692 161
The Confessions of 1692 163
Chapter 9 "It Were Better That Ten Suspected Witches Should Escape, Than That One Innocent Person Should Be Condemned" 168
Voices Are Raised in Opposition to the Trials 169
Phips Dismisses the Court of Oyer and Terminer 173
The Jails Are Emptied 177
The Superior Court of Judicature 179
The Magistrates and the Court of Oyer and Terminer, Guilty As Charged? 182
Chapter 10 "Ruined in the Mistaken Management of the Terrible Affair Called Witchcraft" 186
Cotton Mather and His "Wonders of the Invisible World" 187
Salem in Ruins 193
The Repenting Begins 199
Settling Up 204
Epilogue 210
Notes 216
A Select Bibliography 246
Appendix 253
Index 258
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Jon David
reviewed The Story of the Salem Witch Trials on June 05, 2010
The Story of the Salem Witch Trials
With no citations or bibliography, this book leaves something to be desired. It weakens toward the end, as the author drifts into her own memories of games played with flowers.
However, it was first published in 1899--making it a first-hand account when discussing 19th century children's games. The number of illustrations and quotations show the amount of work that went into it.
My favorite quote, from the start of chapter VI School Books:
"The most worthless book of a bygone day is a record worthy of preservation... --A. de Morgan, 1847"
Somehow I don't think the author intended that to refer to her book one day. Not fabulous scholarship, so-so writing, way too much opinion, but a fascinating set of illustrations and descriptions of rhymes, schools, and the games of boys and girls. Some of which are, indeed, quite familiar.
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