. Review of reviews and world's work . rve due course Mr. and Mrs. Cumberland and MissBentley were invited to Bernstorff. The largest roomin the castle had been put aside for the seance—aroom, by-the-bye, not much larger than an ordinaryMayf air drawing-room. There were present the Kingand Queen of Denmark, the Czar and Czarina, thePrincess of Wales, the Crown Prince and Princess ofDenmark, the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland, theCrown Prince of Greece, the Prince Nicholas ofGreece, the Prince Waldemar of Denmark, thePrincess Victoria and Maud of Wales, and the Czarsyoungest son, the Gran
. Review of reviews and world's work . rve due course Mr. and Mrs. Cumberland and MissBentley were invited to Bernstorff. The largest roomin the castle had been put aside for the seance—aroom, by-the-bye, not much larger than an ordinaryMayf air drawing-room. There were present the Kingand Queen of Denmark, the Czar and Czarina, thePrincess of Wales, the Crown Prince and Princess ofDenmark, the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland, theCrown Prince of Greece, the Prince Nicholas ofGreece, the Prince Waldemar of Denmark, thePrincess Victoria and Maud of Wales, and the Czarsyoungest son, the Grand Duke Michael. 184 THE REyiElV OF REVIEWS. Before beginning his experiments Mr. Cumberlandwas asked by the King in which language he wouldspeak. He replied that he was more at home in hismother tongue than in any other language. Tlien,said His Majesty, we will all speak English. Andduring the whole evening, save when the Czar fromtime to time made an exclamation of surprise or ad-miration in French, nothing but English was heard. m. MISS BENTLEY. Mr. Cumberland experimented in every case suc-cessfully with each member of the audience, many ofwhom had been his subjects on previous occasions;but the Czar came, as it were, new to the business. His Majesty was apparently no great believer inthought-reading; but he willingly assented to therequest that he should have his thoughts read, orrather that a trial should be made with him. * I will think of a word in Russian, said the Czar; do you know Russian, Mr. Cumberland? Not a word, sir, replied the thought-reader. A piece of paper was pinned to the door, and takingHis Majesty by the hand, Mr. Cumberland, with apencil in his own hand, wrote the word in Russiancharacters thought of by the Czar. This experiment staggered the Russian not a little ;but it was reserved for an experiment with the CrownPrince of Greece to cause the excitement—so far asthought-reading was concerned—of the evening. His Royal Highness said he would think
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