Genre:

Letter, Drollery

Subjects:

Eschatology, Prognostication, Religious Authority, Amusement, Exhibitions, Astronomy, Astrology, Commerce

People mentioned:

Richard J Morrison

    Following a report in The Times of the destruction of Wyld's Great Globe in Leicester Square, asks John Cumming to explain why the destruction of the 'world' has occurred close to the time when he predicted it would, an accuracy better than that achieved by astronomers 'in foretelling the return of a comet'.