Mary's Charlatans by Memoirs of Henry Villard

[Craig Hipkins]

Interesting topic. Victor Hugo wrote a book called Conversations With Eternity, a copy which I own translated from the French. In the 19th century Hugo and other eccentric mostly well-to-do people engaged in a phenomena called table-talking. It was sort of like a Ouji board only the table was used instead by rapping sounds and movement. Supposedly Hugo has conversations with long dead philosophers and writers such as Macchiavelli and Galileo. This was something that Mary Lincoln probably would have engaged in.

Another good book on the spiritualism of the day is called The Spirit Book by Allan Kardec.

Craig