how mr. fay's coat left him while his hands were bound tightly? The next part of the séance was performed in the dark. One of the Messrs. Davenport and Mr. Fay seated themselves amongst us. Two ropes were thrown at their feet, and in two minutes and a half they were tied hand and foot, their ha...

what "Ministry of Angels" refers to in volume I of The History of Spiritualism by Arthur Conan Doyle? Judge Edmonds was pointed at in the streets as a crazy Spiritualist. Wealthy merchants were compelled to assert their claims to be considered sane and maintain their commercial rights by the mos...

Guy de Maupassant published his short stories and novellas in newspapers and periodicals such as Le Figaro, Gil Blas, Le Gaulois and L'Écho de Paris before they were published in book form. Le Figaro has always been known as rather conservative (right to centre-right on the political spectrum); G...

I have a question about the opening lines of the second scene in Tbe Winter's Tale. From Act 1, scene 1: Pol. Nine Changes of the Watry-Starre hath been The Sheppards Note since we have left our Throne Without a Burthen: Time as long againe Would be fill'd up (my Brother) with our Than...