Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 422
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 422
Volume 17, New Series, January 31, 1852
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d he drew the attention of government to the moral
benefits likely to be derived to society from this dramatic reform.
Soon after, he departed for Spain in the gallant Legion; but not
finding the speculation profitable, turned newspaper correspondent,
and was thrice in imminent danger of being shot as a spy. Flung back
somehow to England, he suddenly turned up as a lecturer on chemistry,
and then established a dancing institution and Terpsichorean Athenæum.
Of late, Jack has found a good friend in animal magnetism, and his
_séances_ have been reasonably successful. When performing in the
country districts, Jack varied the entertainments by a lecture on the
properties of guano, which he threw in for nothing, and which was
highly appreciated by the agricultural interest. Jack's books were
principally works of travel. His Journey to the Fountains of the
Niger is generally esteemed highly amusing, if not instructive: it
was knocked off at Highbury; and his Wanderings in the Mountains of
the Moon
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