Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft by Sir Walter Scott Fiction Classics Horror

<p><strong>Scott's approach to the subject is one of skepticism and rational thought -- superstitions and beliefs are often the cause of a lack of understanding of strange cultures and religions. </strong>He ends the book with an fervent hope for his countrymen that . . . the sense of humanity is too universally spread to permit them to think of tormenting wretches till they confess what is impossible and then burning them for their pains.</p>