Title: THE SPIRIT WORLD: ITS INHABITANTS, NATURE AND PHILOSOPHY
Author: Eugene Crowell
Publisher: Colby & Rich
City: BostonYear: 1880 (Second Edition)Binding Style: Hardcover
Pagination: 197, followed by advertisements at rearIllustrated: No
Book Details + Condition: Scarce second edition (1880) of THE SPIRIT WORLD: ITS INHABITANTS, NATURE AND PHILOSOPHY. Crowell details the structure and workings of the spirit world, through Brooklyn medium Charles B. Kenney, who is said to have been communicating with two "Indian" (Native American) spirits. Small octavo. Green decorated cloth, gilt-lettered on spine and front board,
black decorations on front board, blind-stamped decorations on rear board. In very good condition: Spine ends chafed, boards lightly
chafed, corners rubbed, pages lightly toned and occasional browning / marks on pages, small tear to upper
endpaper repaired with old tape, former owner name in pencil, otherwise clean of other markings. A fascinating period piece, written at
the height of the spiritualist movement that was sweeping the world at the end
of the 19th century. Covers the Higher and Lower Heavens (including the
separate heavens for "Indians & Negroes"), animals and children in the
spirit world, spirit visitations, manifestations, and communications.
