A Collection OF _RARE AND CURIOUS TRACTS_ ON WITCHCRAFT AND THE SECOND SIGHT; WITH AN _Original Essay on Witchcraft_. Edinburgh: PRINTED FOR D. WEBSTER, 35, WEST COLLEGE STREET. 1820. EDINBURGH: Printed by Thomas Webster. CONTENTS. _Page_ An Original Essay on Witchcraft, 5 News from Scotland, 13 To the Reader, 15 A True Discourse of the Damnable Life of Doctor Fian, and Sundry other Witches, lately taken in Scotland, 17 Another Account of the Foregoing Transactions, from Sir James Melvill's Memoirs, 36 Advertisement, 40 Extracts from King James's Daemonologie concerning Sorcery and Witchcraft, 42 Notice to the Reader, 68 Answer of a Letter from a Gentleman in Fife, to a Nobleman, containing …
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