Show LYTTON BEFORE CONAN DOYLE Victorian Early Novelist a Student of 01 the tho Occult Something Uk Uke a Century Ago Apo the eccentric pre preceded ceded Sir man Conan Doyle by bJ more than half a century In the field of ot letters to the regions of the occult Says an old copy of Blackwood's lIa Magazine quoted In the Detroit News Occult studies comprising the ma magic lc ancient times time aswell as aswell aswell well as the spiritualism m of the present had a great charm for him and he be entered entered en en- on them with the earnestness which marked the tho pursuit of less mysterious mys knowledge He Ill dived into wizard wizard wiz wiz- wizard ard lore equipped himself with magical mag snag ical teal Instruments rods roda for tran transmitting Influence and crystal balls baU In which to discern coming scenes cenes and persona persons and communed with mediums There can be little doubt whatever faith ho be might ha have In In par particular par par- lar manifestations be he J believed elf la In n certain 9 Occult cult p t b t ld geal with which Is the object of these mys my arts On more than one occa occasion sion slon we have known him to dilate on such themes theInE's with great ent copiousness of ot knowledge and apparent truthfulness In the reality of the marvels |