More wonders of the invisible world, or, The wonders of the invisible world displayed : in five parts : to which is added a postscript relating to a book entitled, The life of Sir William Phips /

More wonders of the invisible world, or, The wonders of the invisible world displayed : in five parts : to which is added a postscript relating to a book entitled, The life of Sir William Phips /

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Author / Creator:Calef, Robert, 1648-1719.
Imprint:[Buffalo, NY] : William S. Hein & Co., [2009]
Description:1 electronic text (318 p.) : PDF file.
Language:English
Series:HeinOnline world trials
World trials library.
Subject:
Mather, Cotton, -- 1663-1728. -- Pietas in patriam.
Mather, Cotton, -- 1663-1728. -- Wonders of the invisible world.
Parris, Samuel, -- 1653-1720.
Phips, William, -- Sir, -- 1651-1695.
Rule, Margaret.
Witchcraft -- New England -- Cases.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8523883
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Varying Form of Title:More wonders of the invisible world
Wonders of the invisible world displayed
Notes:Evans suggests that the actual date of printing was May 1797.
Print version published: [Salem] : Printed in London in the year 1700, re-printed in Salem, Massachusetts by William Carlton, sold at Cushing & Carlton's bookstore, 1796.
The "C.M." of pt. 1 is Cotton Mather, who is also the author of the anonymous life of Sir William Phips reviewed in the postscript.
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Description based on PDF title page, viewed February 7, 2009.
Summary:A sharp satire against the belief in witchcraft, and especially against the credit and standing of the eminent men who had been deluded by it.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. An account of the sufferings of Margaret Rule, written by the Rev. C.M.
  • Part II. Several letters to the author &c. and his reply relating to witchcraft
  • Part III. The differences between the inhabitants of Salem-Village and Mr. Parris, their minister, in New-England
  • Part IV. Letters of a gentleman uninterested, endeavouring to prove the received opinions about witchcraft to be orthodox ...
  • Part V. A short historical account of matters of fact in that affair.

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