A Collection OF _RARE AND CURIOUS TRACTS_ ON WITCHCRAFT AND THE SECOND SIGHT; WITH AN _Original Essay on Witchcraft_. Edinburgh: PRINTED FOR D. WEBSTER, 35, WEST COLLEGE STREET. 1820. EDINBURGH: Printed by Thomas Webster. CONTENTS. _Page_ An Original Essay on Witchcraft, 5 News from Scotland, 13 To the Reader, 15 A True Discourse of the Damnable Life of Doctor Fian, and Sundry other Witches, lately taken in Scotland, 17 Another Account of the Foregoing Transactions, from Sir James Melvill's Memoirs, 36 Advertisement, 40 Extracts from King James's Daemonologie concerning Sorcery and Witchcraft, 42 Notice to the Reader, 68 Answer of a Letter from a Gentleman in Fife, to a Nobleman, containing an Account of the Barbarous and Illegal Treatment of the Witches in Pittenweem, 69 Another Letter concerning the Witches of Pittenweem, 73 A Just Reproof to the False Reports contained in the two Foregoing Letters, 79 A Copy of the Indictment and Precept for Summoning the Jury and Witnesses, with the Warrant for the Execution, of the Witches at Borrowstouness, 95 Trial of Isobel Elliot and others, 104 Confession of Helen Taylor, 107 Deposition of Manie Haliburton, 109 Declaration of John Kincaid, the Pricker, 111 Trial of William Coke and Allison Dick, 113 Amount of the Kirk's Share of Expense for Burning the said William Coke and Allison Dick, 123 Town's part on the above occasion, 124 Account of the Expense of Burning Margaret Denham, 125 Minutes and Proceedings of the Kirk-Session of Torryburn, and the Confession of Lillias Adie, 129 Frazer on the Second Sight, 147 The Publisher to the Reader, 150 Short Advertisement to the Reader, 157 A Brief Discourse concerning the Second Sight, commonly so called, 159 AN ORIGINAL ESSAY ON WITCHCRAFT.