The Death-Blow to Spiritualism: Being the True Story of the Fox Sisters
0807. THE DEATH BLOW TO SPIRITUALISM.
Being the true story of the Fox sisters, as revealed by authority of Margaret Fox Kane and Catherine Fox Jencken. Written by R. B. Davenport. 147 pages. Deathblow to Spiritualism. R. B. Davenport 1.00
OCT. 1897. ISSUED MONTHLY. $5.00 PER YEAR. ENTERED AT THE NEW YORK POST OFFICE AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER.
BEING THE TRUE STORY OF THE FOX SISTERS, AS REVEALED BY AUTHORITY OF MARGARET FOX KANE AND CATHERINE FOX JENCKEN.
BY REUBEN BRIGGS DAVENPORT.
NEW YORK: G. W. Dillingham Co., Publishers. MDCCCXCVII.
TO MRS. HESTER S. DWINELLE.
This book has been written in extreme haste. It does not pretend to literary style. But it pretends to absolute truthfulness and a reverent regard for justice.
Its sole value is its character as a contribution to the real history of Spiritualism. As such, it is unquestionably of great importance, greater even than any work of the kind that has been published since the beginning of modern Spiritualism.
Reuben Briggs Davenport
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PREFACE.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION.
POETIC JUSTICE OF THE EXPOSURE.
CHAPTER I.
GOD HAS NOT ORDERED IT.
CHAPTER II.
THE DISCOMFITED ENEMY.
CHAPTER III.
A SECOND BLOW.
CHAPTER IV.
THE HAND OF THE PERSECUTOR
CHAPTER V.
SOLEMN ABJURATION.
CHAPTER VI.
ORIGIN OF THE FRAUD.
CHAPTER VII.
GARBLED AND DISTORTED TESTIMONY.
CHAPTER VIII.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE FRAUD.
CHAPTER IX.
THE MERCENARY CAMPAIGN.
CHAPTER X.
SPIRITUALISTIC BOOMERANGS.
CHAPTER XI.
THE SUPREME AUDACITY OF FRAUD.
CHAPTER XII.
A SCIENTIFIC JURY.
CHAPTER XIII.
THE UNALTERABLE VERDICT.
CHAPTER XIV.
THE HEART PLEADS FOR THE SOUL.
CHAPTER XV.
FROM SHADOW TO LIGHT.
INDEX.
INDEX.