THE DEVIL IN BRITAIN AND AMERICA [Illustration: FACSIMILE OF THE ONLY KNOWN SPECIMEN OF THE DEVIL’S WRITING.] THE DEVIL IN BRITAIN AND AMERICA BY JOHN ASHTON AUTHOR OF ‘SOCIAL ENGLAND UNDER THE REGENCY,’ ‘SOCIAL LIFE IN THE REIGN OF QUEEN ANNE,’ ‘VARIA,’ ETC. ‘Nam ut vere loquamur, superstitio fusa per gentes oppressit omnium fere animos, atque hominum imbecillitatem occupavit.’ CICERO--_De Divin._, Lib. ii. 72. _WITH FORTY-SEVEN ILLUSTRATIONS_ WARD AND DOWNEY _Limited_ 12 YORK BUILDINGS, ADELPHI W.C. 1896. [_All rights reserved._] PREFACE To my thinking, all modern English books on the Devil and his works are unsatisfactory. They all run in the same groove, give the same cases of witchcraft…
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