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William Adams

Witch, Warlock, and MagicianAdams W. H. Davenport William Henry Davenport Witch, Warlock, and Magician / Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland PREFACEThe following pages may be regarded as a contribution towards that ‘History of Human Error’ which was undertaken by M...

Some Heroes of Travel, or, Chapters from the History of Geographical Discovery and EnterpriseW. H. Davenport Adams Some Heroes of Travel / or, Chapters from the History of Geographical Discovery and Enterprise PREFACE The present age is sometimes described as an Age of Commonplace; but it has its...

Curiosities of Superstition, and Sketches of Some Unrevealed ReligionsCuriosities of Superstition, and Sketches of Some Unrevealed Religions CHAPTER I. BUDDHISM: ITS ORIGIN AND CEREMONIES Prayer-Wheels of the BuddhistsTravelling on the borders of Chinese Tartary, in the country of the Lamas or Bu...

Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth CenturyW. H. Davenport Adams Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century COUNTESS DORA D'ISTRIA The Princess Helena Koltzoff-Massalsky, better known by her pseudonym of Dora d'Istria,1 came of the family of the Ghikas, formerly princes of Wa...

By-ways in Book-land: Short Essays on Literary SubjectsWilliam Davenport Adams By-ways in Book-land: Short Essays on Literary Subjects PAPER-KNIFE PLEASURES One is for ever hearing enough and to spare about old books and those who love them. There is a whole literature of the subject. The men the...