Medium and Re-Medium mb-width 2994 30th November 1994

30th November 1994

was considered prophetic

'The Bench'

showing premises of the Cabinet Makers Society

The American War of Indepence was formally ended on 6th October

Medium and Re-Medium mb-width 2994 30th November 1994'Medium and Re Medium', 1864. Here, Punch has a topical dig at the spiritual industry and the 'idiots of fashion' for providing such a fine harvest for the practitioners. The journal's point is well made by also depicting the Irish 'witch' recently sentenced to a term of imprisonment for utilising her skills to produce apparitions. Mid Victorians were often in the midst of death and this explains the intense interest in spiritualism. The rise in