ABSTRACT
The great talk now is Mrs Stowe and spirit-rapping, both of which have arrived in England. The universality of the phenomena renders it a curious study. A feeling seems pervading all classes, all sects, that the world stands upon the eve of some great spiritual revelation. It meets one in books, in newspapers, on the lips of members of the Church of England, Unitarians, even Free-thinkers. Poor old Robert Owen, the philanthropist, has been converted, and made a declaration of faith in the public papers.1
