The Book of Were-Wolves (ePub)

The Book of Were-Wolves

- The Book of Were-Wolves, being an account of a terrible superstition.
Contents:
1. Introductory.
2. Lycanthropy among the Ancients.
3. The Were-wolf in the North.
4. The Origin of the Scandinavian Were-wolf.
5. The Were-wolf in the Middle-ages.
6. A Chamber of Horrors.
7. Jean Grenier.
8. Folk-lore Relating to Were-wolves.
9. Natural Causes of Lycanthropy.
10. Mythological Origin of the Were-wolf Myth.
11. The Maréchal De Retz.-i. The Investigation of Charges.
12. The Maréchal De Retz. ii. The Trial.
13. The Maréchal De Retz. iii. The Sentence and Execution.
14. A Galician Were-Wolf.
15. Anomalous case. The Human Hyæna.
16. A Sermon on Were-Wolves.

S. Baring-Gould

- Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (28 January 1834 2 January 1924) of Lew Trenchard in Devon, England, was an Anglican priest, hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist and eclectic scholar. His bibliography consists of more than 1240 publications, though this list continues to grow. His family home, the manor house of Lew Trenchard, near Okehampton, Devon, has been preserved as he had it rebuilt and is now a hotel. He is remembered particularly as a writer of hymns, the best-known being "Onward, Christian Soldiers" and "Now the Day Is Over". He also translated the carol "Gabriel's Message" from the Basque language to English.