Preface.
Bygone Punishments.
Hanging.
Gallows Customs.
Curiosities of the Gallows.
Horrors of the Gallows.
Hanging in Chains.
Hanging Alive in Chains.
Hanging, Drawing, and Quartering.
Pressing to Death.
Drowning.
Burning to Death.
Boiling to Death.
Beheading.
The Halifax Gibbet.
The Scottish Maiden.
Mutilation.
Branding.
The Pillory.
Punishing Authors and Burning Books.
Finger Pillory.
The Jougs.
The Stocks.
The Drunkard's Cloak.
Whipping and Whipping-Posts.
Public Penance.
The Repentance Stool.
The Ducking-Stool.
The Brank, or Scold's Bridle.
Riding the Stang.
Index.
