211202 R immingl i terature Qu i ts G I LE S C O R E Y O F T H E S A LE M F A R MS BY H E N R Y WADSWOR TH LON GF E LLOW l l WI TH AN I N TR OD U C TOR Y N O TE AN D AN APPE N DI " C O N T AI N I N G H I N T S AN D DI R E CTI O N S F O R TH E R E PR E SE N T ATI ON O F T H E PLAY O N T H E STAGE H H T MI F F LI D OUG ON , N AN COMPAN Y w r k : 11 E Bost on : 4; Par k St r eet ; N e Yo a st Seven teen th St r eet Chi cago 3 78 - 3 88 Wab ash Aven u e ' “ l l ? "Riva ries un «I a b r b e a » l l gs, m i g 9 6 0 0 8 L i b r a r y o f C o n g r e s s I we COPlES REi ‘ fl VCD DEC 29 1900 SECONDCOPY Delivered to ORDER ows zou JAN 14 1901 BY E N ADS O T L N G E L H RY W W R H O F LOW. Co r i t 1896 an d 1900 py gh , , , E E LON E LLOW. BY RN ST W. GF C o r i t 1900 py gh , , O G TON I LI N BY H U H , M FF A i l l r ghts r eser ved . T i v m r e Mass . he R er si d e P r ess , Ca b i d g , , E l e tr t O . ou ton Com an . c o yped an d Pr i n te d by H . H gh p y N TE I N TR ODU CTOR Y O . As early as 1841 Longfellow projected a long and t to the Chr i s tu s to elabora e poem , bear name of and ex press in three separate parts the aspects of Christen M M Th the A t . e dom in pos olic , iddle , and odern ages t t to tt The G o l d en e en d firs par be wri en was L g , 1851 t t which appeared in , and was hailed wi h deligh I as a faithful ex position of medi aeval Christianity . t was n o t till 1868 that he published The N ew E n g l a n d Tr a ed i es t t t the t t g , which cons i u ed hird sec ion of the t th t ten e a r rilogy, ough prac ically ready years The h D i n e Tr a ed a . t T e i v lier firs division , g y , p ear ed 1871 the t 1872 the t p in , and in au umn of hree t divisions , now harmonized and uni ed , were published Chr i s tu s . as a single book , The N ew E n gl a n d Tr a ged i es was d esigned to set t t C t t the r t for h cer ain phases of modern hris iani y , fi s “ ” the two t E tt t of ragedies , John ndico , s anding for the fl t t the P t the the con ic be ween uri an and Quaker, ” C the S m F the second , Giles orey of ale arms , for t t t t t o x the wi chcraf delusion , and bo h in ended e press supremacy after bitter struggle of the divine spirit of charity as the central idea of a true Christian L d t freedom . ongfellow did in eed par ly plan a third the t o the M drama , scene be laid among oravians in t t t to Be hlehem , which his journal men ions as ending harmonize the discord of The N ew E n gl a n d Tr age d i es t n o t u n fi tti n to h , and hus give a g close t e work ; b u t the n t drama was ot writ en . ' i v I N TR OD U C T OR Y N T E O . The drama of Giles Corey of the Salem F arms tt the tt t F was wri en rapidly in la er par of ebruary, 1868 the t i t the t r e , and in prepara ion of poe had t to S a l em Wi tchcr a t C course undoub edly f , by harles t t U m two Wen wor h pha , a work in volumes , pub l i shed 1867 t the t t t in , and s ill mos comple e accoun of the insane delusion which held an ex tr aordinary grasp on the N e w E ngland of the last quarter of the seven N te en th t . o t L u t cen ury doub , also , ongfellow cons l ed ’ Cotton Mather s L a te Mem o r a bl e P r o vi d en ces r el a t i n g to Wi tchcr a fts a n d P o s s es s i o n s and very likely ’ ' C al e fs Mo r e Wo n d er s o the I n vi si bl e Wor l d two f , t t t the t con emporaneous rea ises on subjec , and his diary ’ t D oem on o l o i e shows him consul ing King James s g , ’ N R a chel D er a Ta l e o and reading John eal s y , f H hi i tchcr a t. e t s u t W f no es also in diary , nder da e F 19 1868 C tt M t St d ’ of ebruary , , o on a her in his u y, t t t mos ly in his own words , as a scene he had jus wri tt t t th t en b u t e . , he omi ed his scene in prin ing drama The reader to - day who wishes for a succinct continu ous narrative of the witchcraft delu sion will find i t most conveniently in the fourth volume of John Gra ’ — H r o N ew E n l a n d . 96 13 P i s to 3 . ham alfrey s y f g , pp The beginning of the outbreak was pretty nearly ’ coterminous with the coming into the govern or s chair in Massachusetts of Si r William Phips . Belief in witchcraft and devilish possession wa s n o t a new thing Th either in N ew E ngland or in O l d E ngland . e close attention to the details of the Ol d Testament which the Puritans gave could scarcely fail to make witch t t o t n t t t t the craf hem a co s i uen in human na ure , and care with which they modelled their code upon the Jewish would lead them to provide for the pu nish t At ment of wi ches . intervals there had been cases I N TR OD C T R Y N TE U O O . V T h Do r t to t . C t brough rial hree women in arles own , te C x t t t ches r, and ambridge were e ecu ed for wi chcraf n M P r 1648 . O e in ary arsons , who had murde ed her was t x t t S child , ried and e ecu ed as a wi ch in pring field i h 1651. F o r n o t t to some reason wholly clear , here came be a very lively interest in the matter among the mi n is t N ew E 16 81 w t t o u t ers of ngland in , hen hey sen a “ paper of Proposals for collecting facts concerning ” t A s witchcrafts and o ther strange appari ions . a t P t I M t H C resul , residen ncrease a her of arvard ollege published in London in 16 84 a book entitled I l l u s tr i Th f o u s P r o o i d en ces . e a whole business , however, ' ’ oot t I M t C tt f ed more s rongly ncrease a her s son o on , t t regarded as a prodigy of learning, and hen recen ly H e graduated from college . became so immersed in the subject that he took into his house a young gi r l said to be possessed of the devil and studied her case H e a t close range . published his book already r e to L 16 89 tu to the ferred in ondon in , and re rned t at t M l subjec leng h in his a gn a i a . The Mathers filled the air with stor ies and discus t u sions , and soon here sprang p in diseased minds a r n m kind of belief which ve y easily fou d and ade facts .