Apparitions; Or, The Mystery of Ghosts, Hobgoblins, and Haunted Houses Developed: Being a Collection of Entertaining Stories Founded on Fact; and Selected for the Purpose of Eradicating Those Ridiculous Fears, which the Ignorant, the Weak, and the Superstitious, are But Too Apt to Encourage, for Want of Properly Examining Into the Causes of Such Absurd ImpositionsMacdonald and Son, 1814 - 223 pages |
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