Punch,  53 (1867), 158.

Earthquakery

Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Meteorology, Geology, Superstition, Astrology, Periodicals, Charlatanry


    Discusses a report of a recent earthquake in India, advising people in countries affected by such events that 'they are not unavoidable calamities' and that they should not believe the title of an article in 'a notorious Prophetic Alamanack for 1868'—'Earthquakes, and How to Prevent Them'.



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