Status
Available
Genres
Publication
Castle (1995), Edition: Facsimile of 1890 ed, 271 pages
Description
Illustrated by incantations, specimens of medical magic, anecdotes, tales. This work was published when the author was nearly seventy years of age. It represents twenty years' collecting of spells, customs, ceremonies, superstitions, fetishes, exorcisms, incantations and usages gathered from living sources throughout America, Europe and the East, as well as from the works of earlier writers, all among the Gypsies, as regards to fortune telling, witch doctoring, love philtering and other sorcery. It is illustrated by many anecdotes and instances, taken either from the works as yet very little known to the English reader, or from personal experiences.
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Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1891
Physical description
271 p.; 6 x 1.5 inches
ISBN
0785804404 / 9780785804406