CHAPTER IV

THE FANTASTIC SIDE OF MAGICAL LITERATURE

Alphonse Esquiros invents a romanesque Magic—Henri Delaage continues the work—His gifts of enchantment—His orthodoxy—Le Comte D’Ourches—Baron de Guldenstubbé—His miraculous writings—Their explanation—Exhumation of a fakir—History of a vampire—The cartomancist Edmond 477

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