Preface

Transcriber Notes ● There are many inconsistencies in this text. The headings in the table of contents do not all match the actual headings in the text, and not all headings in the text are in the table of contents. There are variations in spelling, hyphenation and capitalization, missing punctuation, and possible repeated words, particularly in the transcriptions from the 1692 court proceedings. In the older text, the letters u/v and I/J are sometimes used differently than is done today. Aside from a small number of punctuation typos in the more modern part of the text, and the page and item number fixes noted below, all inconsistencies and variations have been left as in the original. ● The page numbers in the Bibliography content list changed to reflect their actual page numbers in the book. A duplicate (3) in the Perley’s Chronological Chart section was changed to (2). ● Italics are represented by underscores surrounding the _italic text_. ● Small capitals have been converted to ALL CAPS. ● Descriptions of illustrations without captions added. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration: TYPICAL OF THE WITCHCRAFT TRIALS] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A SHORT HISTORY OF THE Salem Village Witchcraft Trials ILLUSTRATED BY A Verbatim Report of the Trial of MRS. ELIZABETH HOWE A MEMORIAL OF HER [Illustration: Witch-eclipse of the Moon] To dance with Lapland witches, while the lab’ring moon eclipses at their charms. —Paradise Lost, ii. 662 MAP AND HALF TONE ILLUSTRATIONS SALEM, MASS.: