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HUMPHREYS, ELIZA M. J. (GOLLAN) MRS DESMOND HUMPHREYS) (RITA, pseud.). Truth of spiritualism. *$1.25 Lippincott 134
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“‘Rita’ has closely examined the different phenomena of spiritualism, with the result that she believes it does reveal more than the church has told us as to the condition of the departed; and that, though not ‘an orthodox religion,’ it is ‘the root and source of all religions.’”—The Times [London] Lit Sup
“Rita’s denunciations will hardly make much difference, especially as they are often more eloquent than intelligible.”