Punch,  42 (1862), 118.

A Respectful Query

Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Spiritualism, Charlatanry, Imposture, Crime


    Questions why the medium Charles H Foster should escape prosecution for 'pocketing his hundreds' from spiritual séances, whereas gipsies are punished as rogues and vagabonds. Wonders if the spirits would 'work the treadmill' for Forster, and thinks he 'deserves to have the tables turned' on him.



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