THE VAMPIRE - HIS KITH AND KININ all the darkest pages of the malign supernatural there is no more terrible traditionthan that of the Vampire, a pariah even among demons. Foul are his ravages; gruesomeand seemingly barbaric are the ancient and approved methods by which folk must ridthemselves of this hideous pest. Even to-day in certain quarters of the world, in remoterdistricts of Europe itself, Transylvania, Slavonia, the isles and mountains of Greece, thepeasant will take the law into his own bands and utterly destroy the carrion who--as it isyet firmly believed--at night will issue from his unhallowed grave to spread the infectionof vampirism throughout the countryside. Assyria knew the vampire long ago, and helurked amid the primaeval forests of Mexico before Cortes came. He is feared by theChinese, by the Indian, and the Malay alike; whilst Arabian story tells us again and againof the ghouls who haunt ill-omened sepulchres and lonely cross-ways to attack anddevour the unhappy traveller...(from the introduction)For more, go to: www.dreamz-work.com