Excerpt from 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 On the other hana', l have groen yon Spec1mens of thofe Amnfements anal De lnfans wh1ch have heen pat npon the World for A'ppar1t1ons5 ana' yon may fee the a'1f ference 1s fh Notor1ons, (whether the Cheat he Pol1t1cal or Wh1mfical, Mag1cal or l mag1nary, ) that 110 Man can he eafilyae ce111'a', that w1ll hat mahe nfie of the Eyes of h1s Underflana'mg, as well as of thofe 1n h1s Heath. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.