“I will add,” says the author, “nothing by way of comment, except this, that the answers obtained from the various spirits seem to me to be even more sensible and important than those obtained at any séance recorded in the annals of spirit rapping.”
The chapter concludes with the following verses in imitation of “The Raven,” entitled—
A SEQUEL.
The Spirits.
Lately on a midnight dreary,
Sitting by the fire so cheery,
Listening to the storm that beat and blew
With blustering gust and roar;
While I sat serenely smoking,
Suddenly there came a knocking