Punch,  21 (1851), 247.

Literary Intelligence

Anon

Genre:

Reportage, Spoof

Subjects:

Mesmerism, Animal Magnetism, Periodicals


    Claims to be using a clairvoyant whose 'prophetic revelations' will 'startle the literary world'. Boasts that the clairvoyant's 'Mesmeric Telescope' enables him to see through such objects as the 'walls of Grubb Street' and the thoughts of journalists.



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