The book of witches; by Hueffer, Oliver Madox - Digital Book Lest any reader should open this volume expecting to read an exhaustive treatise on witches and witchcraft, treated scientifically, historically, and so forth, let me disarm him beforehand by telling him that he will be disappointed. The witch occupies so large a place in the story of mankind that to include all the detail of her natural history within the limits of one volume would need the powers of a magician no less potent than was he who confined the Eastern Djinn in a bottle. I have attempted nothing so ambitious as a large-scale Ordnance Map of Witchland; rather I have endeavoured to produce a picture from which a general impression may be gained. I have chosen, that is to say, from the enormous mass of material only so much as seemed necessary for my immediate purpose, and on my lack of judgment be the blame for any undesirable hiatus. I have sought, again, to show whence the witch came and why, as well as what she was and is; to point out, further, how necessary she is and must be to the happiness of mankind, and how great the responsibility of those who, disbelieving in her themselves, seek to infect others with their scepticism. We have few picturesque excrescences left upon this age of smoothly-running machine-wheels, certainly we cannot spare one of the most time-honoured and romantic of any. And if anything I have written about her seem incompatible with sense or fact, I would plead in extenuation that neither is essential to the firm believer in witchcraft, and that to be able to enter thoroughly into the subject it is above all things necessary to cast aside such nineteenth-century shibboleths.========================================================================================The books in digital formats in the EPUB, MOBI and pdf. All files are in the public domain..=====================================================================================Postage & Packaging Policy: Download link, sent to buyer within 24 hours. With this link, the buyer can download to your computer all the files that are on the DVD. There is no charge for this type of shipment. ==============================================================================Copyright Notice To eCRATER VeRo Team and Publishers Association. These e-books/magazines are in The Public Domain. All content complies with eCRATER rules and regulations. No trademarks, copyrights, or eCRATER rules have been violated in this listing. This product fully conforms to eCRATER compilation and international media policy and downloadable media policy; it is NOT an unauthorised copy of any other "copyrighted product" and as such does not constitute a Copyright Violation - Unauthorised Item. If there is a legitimate copyright holder that I have not located please contact me and I will remove the relevant e-books. To our Valued Customers Our main aim is to make this wonderful Public Domain Material available to you on CD's & DVD's: the small price you pay for these CD's are for Production, Administration, Post & Packaging. All of our MP3s and e-books comply with eCRATER rules and regulations. The item is in the public domain, the copyright has lapsed, we own resale rights to it, or we are the publishers and sole copyright holders. No trademarks, copyrights, or eCRATER rules have been violated in this listing. This product fully conforms with eCRATER compilation and international media policy and downloadable media policy.