CHARLES W. UPHAM,
PREFATORY NOTE.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION.
I. THE CONNECTION OF THE MATHERS WITH THE SUPERSTITIONS OF THEIR TIME.
II. THE GOODWIN CHILDREN. SOME GENERAL REMARKS UPON THE CRITICISMS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW.
III. COTTON MATHER AND THE GOODWIN CHILDREN. JOHN BAILY. JOHN
IV. THE RELATION OF THE MATHERS TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF
V. THE SPECIAL COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER. HOW IT WAS
VI. COTTON MATHER'S CONNECTION WITH THE COURT. SPECTRAL
VII. ADVICE OF THE MINISTERS, FURTHER CONSIDERED. COTTON
VIII. COTTON MATHER AND SPECTRAL EVIDENCE.
IX. COTTON MATHER AND THE PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS. JOHN PROCTOR. GEORGE BURROUGHS.
X. COTTON MATHER AND THE WITCHCRAFT TRIALS. THE EXECUTIONS.
XI. LETTER TO STEPHEN SEWALL. "WONDERS OF THE INVISIBLE WORLD."
XII. "WONDERS OF THE INVISIBLE WORLD," CONTINUED. PASSAGES FROM
XIII. THE COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER BROUGHT TO A SUDDEN END. SIR WILLIAM PHIPS.
XIV. COTTON MATHER'S WRITINGS SUBSEQUENT TO THE WITCHCRAFT PROSECUTIONS.
XV. HISTORY OF OPINION AS TO COTTON MATHER'S CONNECTION WITH
XVI. HISTORY OF OPINION AS TO COTTON MATHER, CONTINUED. FRANCIS
XVII. THE EFFECT UPON THE POWER OF THE MATHERS, IN THE PUBLIC
XVIII. COTTON MATHER'S WRITINGS AND CHARACTER.
XIX. ROBERT CALEF'S WRITINGS AND CHARACTER.
XX. MISCELLANEOUS REMARKS. CONCLUSION.
THE HISTORICAL MAGAZINE; AND Notes and Queries concerning the
CONTRIBUTORS TO VOLUME I, NEW SERIES.
CONTRIBUTORS TO VOLUME II, NEW SERIES.
CONTRIBUTORS TO VOLUME III, NEW SERIES.
