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William Howitt

William Howitt (1792–1879) was an English author, historian, and traveler born in Heanor, Derbyshire, into a Quaker family. He gained recognition for his writings on rural life and Victorian society, later becoming involved in Spiritualism after personal tragedies and financial setbacks.

Heanor, Derbyshire, England Dec 18, 1792 Wikipedia
rural life history travel Spiritualism
Colonization and Christianity: A popular history of the treatment of the natives by the / Europeans in all their colonies
Colonization and Christianity: A popular history of the treatment of the natives by the / Europeans in all their colonies
 The Priestcraft of Egypt
The Priestcraft of Egypt
2006
 The History of Magic: To Which Is Added an Appendix of the Most Remarkable and Best Authenticated Stories of Apparitions, Dreams, Second Sight, Somnambulism, Predictions, d
The History of Magic: To Which Is Added an Appendix of the Most Remarkable and Best Authenticated Stories of Apparitions, Dreams, Second Sight, Somnambulism, Predictions, d
1997