THE BOOK OF WERE-WOLVES
By SABINE BARING-GOULD - (1865)

Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924) was a parson in the Church of England, an archaeologist, historian and a prolific author. He is probably best known for writing the hymn 'Onward Christian Soldiers'. This book is also one of the most cited references about werewolves. The Book of the Were-Wolf takes a rationalistic approach to the subject.

The book starts off with a straightforward academic review of the literature of shape-shifting; however, starting with Chapter XI, the narrative takes a strange turn into sensationalistic 'true crime' case-studies of cannibals, grave desecrators, and blood fetishists, which have a tenuous connection with lycanthropy.

Chapter I. Introductory.
Chapter II. Lycanthropy Among the Ancients.
Chapter III. The Were-Wolf in the North.
Chapter IV. The Origin of the Scandinavian Were-Wolf.
Chapter V. The Were-Wolf in the Middle-Ages.
Chapter VI. A Chamber of Horrors.
Chapter VII. Jean Grenier.
Chapter VIII. Folk-lore Relating to Were-Wolves.
Chapter IX. Natural Causes of Lycanthropy.
Chapter X. Mythological Origin of the Were-Wolf Myth.
Chapter XI. The Maréchal de Retz.--I. The Investigation of Charges.
Chapter XII. The Maréchal de Retz.--II. The Trial.
Chapter XIII. Maréchal de Retz.--III. The Sentence and Execution.
Chapter XIV. A Galician Were-Wolf.
Chapter XV. Anomalous Case.--The Human Hyćna.
Chapter XVI. A Sermon on Were-Wolves.