The true history of the ghost : and all about metempsychosis / by Professor Pepper.

  • Pepper, John Henry, 1821-1900.
Date:
1890
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Credit: The true history of the ghost : and all about metempsychosis / by Professor Pepper. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    placed alungsoide o' one Pepper^ wuth so mitch as a pinch o' sawt; though, by th' way 'at they try to catch owd brids, they met have a lerge stock on hond o' th' latter herticle. But, moind yoa, aw dunnot blame Mestur Harwood, th' lesse o' th' Haw. Now, not I; he, aw understond, has been done as weel, nay to a bigger tune, than th' public; un' that he's doubly vext to think that he should, aimin' at producin' every novelty 'ut's wuth presentin' to th' public, pay his good money for a bad ghost! Un' to aw th' professhunals en- gaged at th' establishment it mun be awfully mortifyin'; for wot gives 'um th' horrors mooar than an ominous convicshun that th' ghost winnot wawk ? Heawever, if awm reetly in- formt, King's ghost is to vanish, un' Pepper's is to appear in its place. This shows a determinashun not to be done wi' a pousy Jack-o'-lantern. By th' Music Haw Journal 2c^ see too that Stead, th' original Cure, un' Mestur Ware, th' author uv so monny comic sungs, are to appear next wick. Booath o' theese chaps aw seed i' Lunnun, when aw went to look at th' Eggsi- bishun ; un', my word, if they dunnot make Lankishire foak lowf away aw unpleasant dreoms, un' shift aw th' bile left by th' ghost, awm no judge, that's aw ! So, there's no need to despair. As Shakspere says, ' Shadows avaunt!' un' make way for substanshul entertainments.—Yours gradely, August 7, 1863. Kit Skewift. Towards the end of May, 1863, the audiences increased enormously at the Royal Polytechnic, so that it became necessary to have a select afternoon performance, the admis- sion fee being raised from is. to 2s. 6d. on Saturday mornings only. It was at this period that I was honoured with a visit from their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales and suite; and after the performance had been wit- nessed by them, I showed the Prince and Princess how the ghost was raised, and explained to my distinguished audience c