Witch, Warlock, and Magician / Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland
by W. H. Davenport Adams
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Contents
- Preface
- Introduction. Progress of Alchemy in Europe
- Chapter I. Roger Bacon: The True and the Legendary
- ‘The Famous Historie of Friar Bacon.’
- Greene’s Comedy
- Appendix to Chapter I
- Chapter II. The Story of Dr. John Dee
- Note
- Chapter III. Dr. Dee’s Diary
- Chapter IV. Magic and Imposture—A Couple of Knaves
- Dr. Lambe
- Chapter V. The Last of the English Magicians: William Lilly
- Chapter VI. English Rosicrucians
- Thomas Vaughan
- John Heydon
- Chapter I. Early History of Witchcraft in England
- Chapter II. Witchcraft in England in the 17Th Century
- Chapter III. The Decline of Witchcraft in England
- Chapter IV. The Witches of Scotland
- James I. And the Witches
- Case of Janet Wishart
- Chapter V. The Literature of Witchcraft