The Werewolf - His Science and Practice

By what means was a man thought to take the wolf's shape - by salve, by girdle, by the demon's gift or an ancient curse? A methodical inquiry into the reputed craft and nature of the werewolf.

Taken from Montague Summers' The Werewolf (1933), this volume sets out the supposed methods of the werewolf: the means of transformation, the powers and appetites of the beast, and the theories advanced to explain it. Augustus Montague Summers (1880 - 1948) was an English author and clergyman celebrate...