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FACSIMILE OF THE ONLY KNOWN SPECIMEN OF THE DEVIL’S WRITING.
THE DEVIL IN BRITAIN AND AMERICA
BY JOHN ASHTON AUTHOR OF ‘SOCIAL ENGLAND UNDER THE REGENCY,’ ‘SOCIAL LIFE IN THE REIGN OF QUEEN ANNE,’ ‘VARIA,’ ETC.
‘Nam ut vere loquamur, superstitio fusa per gentes oppressit omnium fere animos, atque hominum imbecillitatem occupavit.’
Cicero—De Divin., Lib. ii. 72.
WITH FORTY-SEVEN ILLUSTRATIONS
WARD AND DOWNEY Limited 12 YORK BUILDINGS, ADELPHI W.C. 1896. [All rights reserved.]