THE NIGHT - SIDE OF NATURE - OR, GHOSTS AND GHOST-SEERS

IN THE SILENCE OF NIGHT, NATURE REVEALS HER SECRETS. The boundary between the seen and unseen is thinner than we imagine. From haunted places and mysterious visitations to the strange sensibilities of those who claim to perceive beyond the veil, The Night-Side of Nature invites you into a world where wonder mingles with dread, and the unknown walks beside us. First published in 1848, Catherine Crowe's extraordinary book was one of the great publishing sensations of the Victorian age — sixteen editions in six years, translated across Europe, and praised by Charles Dickens as "one of the most extraordinary collections" of its kind. It was also the book that introduced the words poltergeist and doppelgänger into the English language. A compelling blend of observation, testimony, and reflection, this classic work explores the mysteries of ghosts and ghost-seers — troubled spirits, haunted houses, spectral lights, apparitions, and the poltergeist phenomena of Germany — questioning, recording, and preserving the whispers of another world. "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." — William Shakespeare Step beyond the veil. The night has stories to tell.