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<Untitled> (Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher, the American mediums...)
Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher, the American mediums, inform us that they have removed into their new apartments, 4, Bloomsbury-place, Bloomsbury-square, London, and are ready to attend professionally to callers, as usual.
The Dalston Association of Inquirers into Spiritualism has brought out a new prospectus, with rules and seance'' regulations appended, the whole forming a neat little book. Similar local societies will do well to examine it, since it is a model in its way, and the regulations are the result of the long experience of a well-managed society.
Spiritualism in Hull.—The attempt to revive Spiritualistic Sunday services in Hull has answered well. Last Sunday the Foresters’ Hall was crowded, to hear a lecture by Mr. James Coates on “Spiritualism: What we know about it.” Several questions were asked by the listeners at the close of the discourse, and a collection covered all the expenses. Next Sunday, at seven p.m., Mr. Coates will lecture again in the same hall. All communications in relation to Spiritualism in Hull should be addressed to Mr. Bland, 2, Caroline-street, in that town.
Bulwer Lytton and Spiritualism.—The Banner of Light'' (Boston, U.S.) of March 2nd, contains the following, in an article about Charles Foster, the medium:—“While Mr. Foster was in England he was introduced to Bulwer, then Sir Edward only, in London, by Mrs. Frederick Barnes, an intimate friend and warm admirer of the distinguished author. Bulwer at that time was undertaking a new novel, and was likewise investigating Spiritualism, and thus meeting Foster at such a period, his mind was still more strongly directed to this subject. He invited Mr. Foster to call and see him at Knebworth, an invitation of which Mr. Foster availed himself on several occasions, and for several days at a time. During Foster’s visits to Bulwer, the latter was engaged in constructing that wonderful novel called A Strange Story, in which certain spiritual phenomena are discussed and illustrated in a manner as yet unsurpassed for originality and interest. Certain points in the hero of this novel were taken from the personnel and history of Foster, and Bulwer often alluded to the fact that Foster was the model upon which he had based his Margrave. On several occasions Bulwer, who evidently regarded A Strange Story as his greatest book, would read passages from it to Foster. After the reading, the author would become a disciple, and Foster would hold a seance.'' Here arose another case of Mr. Foster’s refusal to surrender his character as a spiritual instrument for the mere purpose of attaining a flattering popularity: on one occasion Bulwer advised Foster confidentially not to call himself a ‘Spiritualist,’ so that the name should not excite popular prejudice against him, but to give his ‘exhibitions’ merely as ‘scientific phenomena;’ but this advice was refused by the faithful medium, and Bulwer, being piqued that his counsel was not adopted, a dividing coolness arose between them.”
Editor's notes
- ↑ Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher, the American mediums... by unknown author, London Spiritualist, No. 291, March 22, 1878, p. 135
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London Spiritualist, No. 291, March 22, 1878, p. 135