Nineteenth century miracles, or, Spirits and their work in every country of the earth : a complete historical compendium of the great movement known as "modern spiritualism" . end JosephCook, of Boston, mentioned in an earlier chapter of this work, and renownedfor his furious onslaught upon the Spiritualists, after having committed him-self by parading forth to Boston audiences, the inexplicable marvelswrought through Slades and Watkins mediumship. Mr. Cook has followed up this raid on every possible occasion, deter-mining, as he himself announced in the attack above referred to, to puthimself
Nineteenth century miracles, or, Spirits and their work in every country of the earth : a complete historical compendium of the great movement known as "modern spiritualism" . end JosephCook, of Boston, mentioned in an earlier chapter of this work, and renownedfor his furious onslaught upon the Spiritualists, after having committed him-self by parading forth to Boston audiences, the inexplicable marvelswrought through Slades and Watkins mediumship. Mr. Cook has followed up this raid on every possible occasion, deter-mining, as he himself announced in the attack above referred to, to puthimself right on the subject of Spiritualism. How he succeeded in thisattempt during a recent visit to India, where, in his diatribes againstSpiritualism he took pains to insult some of the most respectable and influ-ential of his listeners, may be gathered from the following letter, publishedin several European journals :— Joseph Cook has been in India. There, as at home, he created considerable commo-tion. He seems to be so organized that whenever he presents himself, agitation ofthought follows, and great good is accomplished thereby, for the friction caused, exposes the. A Hindoo Fakir WORKING MAGIC SPELLS NINETEENTH CENTURY MIRACLES. 319 errors of the reverend gentleman, and aids at the same time in bringing to the frontliberal thoughts, which otherwise might have remained obscured. The following letteralludes to some of his doings in India :— To the Editor of the Eeligio-Philosophical Journal. If you will kindly refer to the supplement to the current months number of the Theo-sophist, you will find therein some account of Mr. Cooks visit to Bombay. You will also learnhow he ran down our society and the founders, and how he denounced Spiritualism. Therewill also be found the challenge issued by us to him, and an account of his backing out. Themeeting referred to in the challenge, was held here on the 20th ultimo. After addressingthe meeting and convincing the audience about o
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