1936. The author tries to examine some aspects of sorcery, mainly in England, in order to arrive at an idea of what witches actually did, what they were supposed to do, and what, the clearest part of the affair, they suffered for it. Contents: Part I. Concerning Witchcraft: Fancy and Fact, The Short Way with Witches; Part II. The Witch-Hunters: Lancashire, Essex, Salem, Modern Instances; Part III. Warlocks Weird: Magician in Spite of Himself, The Conjurers and the Crystal, The Kissing Witch; and Part IV. Oddments: Lady Witches, Hoodoo, Not Witches.