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APPARITIONS;

OR,

THE MYSTERY OF

Ghosts, Hobgoblins,

AND

HAUNTED HOUSES,

_DEVELOPED_.

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"Animum rege."




     "This Collection of Stories is well chosen, and affords a
     fund of amusement that is cheap at the price of five
     shillings. By putting such a book as this into the hands of
     children, parents will more effectually guard their minds
     against weak credulity, than by grave philosophic
     admonition."                _Monthly Review, October 1814._


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[Illustration:

H Corbould _delint_ C Knight _sculpt_ 1814

_The Haunted Beach._]




  APPARITIONS;

  OR, THE MYSTERY OF
  Ghosts,
  _Hobgoblins_, _and Haunted Houses_,
  DEVELOPED.

  BEING A COLLECTION OF
  ENTERTAINING STORIES,
  _FOUNDED ON FACT_,
  And selected for the purpose of

  ERADICATING THOSE FEARS, WHICH THE IGNORANT, THE WEAK,
  AND THE SUPERSTITIOUS, ARE BUT TOO APT TO ENCOURAGE,
  FOR WANT OF PROPERLY EXAMINING INTO THE CAUSES
  OF SUCH ABSURD IMPOSITIONS.

  ***

  BY JOSEPH TAYLOR.

  [Illustration]

  _SECOND EDITION, ENLARGED._

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  London:
  PRINTED FOR LACKINGTON, ALLEN