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Show Henry Kiddle, tha ex sebcel uperintgnueut of New York, who i recently created auch a eeneation by proclaiming himself a spiritualistic fanatic, and publishing a bock of alleged communications from the other world, does not accept kindly the criticisms lo which ho has been subjected. He is specially sensitive on the point of his spirit literature, which has been very generally characterized char-acterized as bosh, and a disgrace to the names of the alleged authors-Shakespeare, authors-Shakespeare, Byron, Franklin, and Others kuowo to fame. The Banner of Light, theorgau of the spiritualists, could not accept some of the Kiddle communications as coming from the great authors, and wout so far as lo intimate that wicked spirits had maliciously represented themselves as Shakespeare and the others men uuueu. liiuuit; now (.units iu iuc reacuo of his spirits, and save tht-y are not liars and cheats, but honest and trustworthy. In a letter to the Banner of Liyht he eays: "A proper analysis of the thoughts expressed in the messages will show, according to proper standard, that they are entirely J worthy ot those by whem they are said to have been inspired. They are so decidedly pure and holy, and accompanied with such attestations, and written in each a way, that they cannot bo the cflspriog of 'lying spirits.' " |