Andrew Lang. Cock Lane and Common-Sense. New York: Longmans, Green and Co, 1901.
(19 x 13 cm) pp. 357. Bound in red publisher's cloth with single line gilt border on covers, and titles in gilt on spine. Fly leaves and paste downs in green and white ship and swan publisher's pattern. Some bumping to corners.
Folklore, anthropology, and late-Victorian psychical research to investigate spiritualism, hauntings, crystal-gazing, and the notorious 18th-century London "Cock Lane ghost" hoax.