A Medieval Ghost Hunter
A Medieval Ghost Hunter
HE name of Dr. John Dee is scarcely known to-day, yet Dr. Dee has some exceedingly well-defined claims to remembrance. He was one of the…
A Medieval Ghost Hunter: Kelley
Kelley, as shrewd and unscrupulous a man as any in the annals of imposture, readily consented, but on pretty hard terms. He was to be taken…
A Medieval Ghost Hunter: Lasky
Lasky turned out to be an exceedingly excitable and impressionable man, and his curiosity was so aroused by the occult discourse of his…
A Medieval Ghost Hunter: England
Dr. Dee, in the meantime, a sadder if not a really wiser man, had found his way back to England, where he essayed the difficult task of…
A Medieval Ghost Hunter: Disraeli
Let me depict it in Disraeli's little known words: "Dee, sitting in his library," says Disraeli, "received the royal commissioners.
A Medieval Ghost Hunter: Mortlake
He complained that his house at Mortlake was too public for his studies, and incommodious for receiving the numerous foreign literati who…
A Medieval Ghost Hunter: Elizabeth
Their report was terse, direct, and wholly favorable, inspiring the queen to declare that Dee should have the mastership of St. Cross, and…