hand of that omnipotent being whom we adore as the 'former of our bodies, and the father of our spirits.' All must bow to the awful summons, and quit this earthly tabernacle; the last remains of mortality are consigned to the silent tomb to mingle with the parent dust. Transcriber's Note Variant spelling is preserved as printed. Minor punctuation errors have been repaired. The following amendments have been made: Page 4--repeated 'for' deleted--... our fathers have ascended to regions prepared for their reception, ... Page 37--were amended to where--... she enquired why I had called to her so often, and where I was; ... Page 76--Demonaics amended to Demoniacs--'Demoniacs,' says Kenrick, 'were persons disordered ...' Page 179--be amended to he--... to endanger him in his falling, he could not forbear going out of his way ... Page 184--unacountably amended to unaccountably--... yet unaccountably broke off, ... Page 201--women amended to woman--His place was supplied by another old woman, ... End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of An Essay on Demonology, Ghosts and Apparitions, and Popular Superstit, by James Thacher