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The Spirit Rapper

The Spirit Rapper

by Orestes Augustus Brownson

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Author
Brownson, Orestes Augustus, 1803-1876
Title
The spirit-rapper; an autobiography
Original Publication
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1854.
Credits
Tim Lindell, KD Weeks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
Paranormal fiction
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 76858
Release Date
September 11, 2025
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE SPIRIT-RAPPER.
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.CHAPTER I. THE FIRST LESSON.
  5. 5.CHAPTER II. GUESSES.
  6. 6.CHAPTER III. FURTHER EXPERIMENTS.
  7. 7.CHAPTER IV. AN EXPLOSION.
  8. 8.CHAPTER V. SOME PROGRESS.
  9. 9.CHAPTER VI. TABLE TURNING.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VII. A LESSON IN PHILANTHROPY.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. A LESSON IN WORLD-REFORM.
  12. 12.CHAPTER IX. THE CONSPIRACY.
  13. 13.CHAPTER X. MR. COTTON IS PUZZLED.
  14. 14.CHAPTER XI. WORTH CONSIDERING.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XII. A MISSIONARY TOUR.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. THE TOUR CONTINUED.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. ROME AND THE REVOLUTION.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XV. THE ULTERIOR PROJECT.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XVI. A REBUFF.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVII. A GLEAM OF HOPE.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII. RELIGIOUS MONOMANIA.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XIX. MESMERISM INSUFFICIENT.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XX. SHEER DEVILTRY.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XXI. SPIRIT-MANIFESTATIONS.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXII. SUPERSTITION.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII. DIFFICULTIES.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV. LEFT IN THE LURCH.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXV. CONCLUSIONS.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXVI. CONVERSION.

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