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Title: Nineteenth century miracles, or, Spirits and their work in every country of the earth : a complete historical compendium of the great movement known as "modern spiritualism"
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Britten, Emma Hardinge, d. 1899 Dadmun, John H., former owner. DLC Walrond, George W., inscriber. DLC Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
Subjects: Spiritualism
Publisher: New York : Published by William Britten : Lovell & Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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gs, no less than the Spirit
voices conversing with the company, is for the most part of a religious or
moral character. The writings have not unfrequently been given in Greek,
Latin, and Oriental languages, all of which are totally unknown to Mrs.
Everitt. As an example of the preternatural mode in which these writings
are produced, the following incident may be narrated. At a séance held in
a semi-darkened drawing-room, with closed doors, and a company of some
twenty persons assembled, a very large and splendidly illustrated book
with paper covers, suddenly fluttered down from the ceiling and dropped
in view of all present on the table in their midst.
The book had been kept for many previous months in a locked drawer,
in a room above that wherein it now appeared, and no human being at that
time, could have had access to the place from which it was taken.
This book was passed round amongst the company, of whom the author
was one, and the illustrations being very fine, it was examined with so much
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NINETEENTH CENTURY MIRACLES. 167

attention by all parties present, that not a leaf could have escaped observa-
tion. Whilst the visitors were commenting on the astonishing though by no
means unprecedented manner in which this manifestation had occurred,
the Spirits spelled out by rappings the request that the lights should be
put out. This was prompdy done, but in less than twenty seconds another
well-known signal was given for the restoration of the lights. Deeming
that some preliminary had been forgotten which the Spirits wished attended
to, the chandelier was hurriedly relighted, when it was found that the
margins of two leaves, at the place where the book was lying open, were
covered with very fine pencilled writing. On further examination, it
appeared that over twenty of the leaves were similarly marked, thus making
in all, nearly three hundred words inscribed upon paper, that, sixteen seconds
previously, had been proved to be entirely blank.
It must be added, that although Mr. and Mrs. Eveitt's position in the

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