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Title: The Death-Blow to Spiritualism
Being the True Story of the Fox Sisters

Author: Reuben Briggs Davenport

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0807. THE DEATH BLOW TO SPIRITUALISM.

Being the true story of the Fox sisters, as revealed by authority
of Margaret Fox Kane and Catherine Fox Jencken. Written by R. B.
Davenport. 147 pages. Deathblow to Spiritualism. R. B. Davenport 1.00

OCT. 1897. ISSUED MONTHLY. $5.00 PER YEAR.
ENTERED AT THE NEW YORK POST OFFICE AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER.

THE DEATH-BLOW TO SPIRITUALISM:

BEING THE TRUE STORY OF THE FOX SISTERS,
AS REVEALED BY AUTHORITY OF MARGARET FOX
KANE AND CATHERINE FOX JENCKEN.

BY REUBEN BRIGGS DAVENPORT.

NEW YORK:
_G. W. Dillingham Co., Publishers._
MDCCCXCVII.

Copyright, 1888.
BY REUBEN BRIGGS DAVENPORT.

[_All Rights Reserved._]

TO MRS. HESTER S. DWINELLE.

"ALONSO. This is as strange a maze as ere men trod,
And there is in this business more than nature
Was ever conduct of: some oracle
Must rectify our knowledge.

"PROSPERO. Sir, my liege,
Do not infest your mind with beating on
The strangeness of this business: at picked leisure,
Which shall be shortly, single I'll resolve you
(Which to you shall seem probable) of every
These happen'd accidents: till when be cheerful,
And think of each thing well.--Come hither, spirit;
Set Caliban and his companions free:
_Untie the spell._"
SHAKESPEARE.--_The Tempest._

PREFACE.

This book has been written in extreme haste. It does not pretend to
literary style. But it pretends to absolute truthfulness and a reverent
regard for justice.

Its sole val