The Spirit Land

The object of this treatise upon some of the various errors of the past and present ages is to explain their nature-investigate their origin-describe their injurious effects-and to offer and recommend the necessary measures for their banishment. Most persons, even those who have been well educated, can call to mind the avidity with which, in their days of childhood, they listened to the nursery tales of giants, dwarfs, ghosts, fairies, and witches. The effects of these juvenile impressions ...