ham ▁first hand ▁and ▁again ▁considered ▁publishing , ▁but ▁again ▁dem ur red . ▁" W rit ing ▁about ▁w itch craft ▁is ▁a ▁tricky ▁business ," ▁as ▁Ian ▁B ost ridge ▁notes ▁regarding ▁H utch inson ' s ▁process . ▁A ▁few ▁years ▁later ▁a ▁book ▁appeared ▁by ▁Richard ▁B oul ton ▁which ▁H utch inson ▁det ested , ▁and ▁this ▁seem ▁to ▁have ▁finally ▁g alled ▁him ▁into ▁publishing ▁his ▁book ▁in ▁ 1 7 1 8 . ▁It ▁was ▁a ▁length y ▁work ▁carefully ▁and ▁patient ly ▁de construct ing ▁and ▁dis sect ing ▁w itch - h un ting ▁and ▁the ▁w itch craft ▁pro sec utions ▁in ▁East ▁Ang lia ▁and ▁other ▁parts ▁of ▁England , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁New ▁England , ▁and ▁" app lied ▁a ▁cons ci ously ▁rational ▁approach ▁to ▁the ▁phenomen on ." ▁Histor ian ▁Wal lace ▁Not este in , ▁writing ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 1 , ▁ends ▁a ▁similar ▁survey ▁in ▁ 1 7 1 8 ▁" because ▁that ▁year ▁marked ▁the ▁publication ▁of ▁Francis ▁H utch inson ' s ▁notable ▁attack ." ▁ ▁Not este in ▁calls ▁it ▁" ep och - making " ▁and ▁writes , ▁" H utch inson ▁level led ▁a ▁final ▁and ▁dead ly ▁blow ▁at ▁the ▁dying ▁super st ition ." I an ▁B ost ridge ▁suggests ▁H utch inson ' s ▁del ays ▁in ▁publishing ▁the ▁work ▁" ind ic ates ▁how ▁content ious ▁the ▁subject ▁was , ▁within ▁the ▁el ite ▁circles ▁in