Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists

An essay on the history and reality of apparitions

Being an account of what they are, and what they are not; whence they come, and whence they come not. As also how we may distinguish between the apparitions of good and evil spirits and how we ought to behave to them. With a great variety of surprizing and diverting examples, never publish'd before.

by Daniel Defoe

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18th century
Language: English

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Edition	Date	Publisher	Language	ISBN	Access	Links
Being an account of what they are, and what they are not; whence they come, and whence they come not. As also how we may distinguish between the apparitions of good and evil spirits and how we ought to behave to them. With a great variety of surprizing and diverting examples, never publish'd before. Open Library record	1727	J. Roberts	English	9780854170838 0854170839	Public	Open Library (opens in a new tab)