Religion & Spirituality | Occult & Paranormal
Free eBook

The Coming of the Fairies

By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

2019-09-08 21:31:51

Best remembered for his creation of Sherlock Holmes, the world's first consulting detective and a dedicated adherent to logic, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in later life became fascinated by the occult. In this peculiar 1921 nonfiction work, Conan Doyle mo ... Read more
Best remembered for his creation of Sherlock Holmes, the world's first consulting detective and a dedicated adherent to logic, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in later life became fascinated by the occult. In this peculiar 1921 nonfiction work, Conan Doyle mounts a defense of the infamous "Cottingley Fairies," supposed photographic evidence produced by two Yorkshire girls in 1917. Though the photographers admitted in the 1980s that they had faked the fairies, at the time their "evidence" was embraced by a public fascinated by spiritualism... and stoked by such proponents as Conan Doyle. Though later considered an embarrassing misstep on the author's part, this artifact of the writer's bibliography remains an intriguing read, and essential for anyone looking to understand the fad for the occult in the early decades of the 20th century.    Less

Book Details

File size1490.188 KB
Print pages208
PublisherPublic Domain Books
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1533054579
autor-image
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and ...

Related Books

View All
FREE
The New Revelation
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Your Forces and How to Use Them (Complete Six Volume Edition): New Thought Empowerment - From the Author of Thoughts are Things, The God in You, Gift
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Mental Health eBook - Anger Management - How To Handle Your Angry Teen
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Finde Aurora
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
The Andean Codex: Adventures and Initiations among the Peruvian Shamans J.
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Vol 1 of 3 The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Questions For Your Soul
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Studies in Occultism: A Series of Reprints From the Writings of H. P. Blavatsky
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
The Case for Spirit Photography
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Not Your Ordinary Vegan!: A 21-Day Journey to Emotional, Physical, And Spiritual Health Michael
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Why Are You?: A Sense of Identity MD
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Delicious Pastry on a Pretty China Plate Sweet Treat Journal: 150 Page Lined Notebook/Diary
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Nostradamus, Templare
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
La magia naturale Cornelio Agrippa
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
How to manifest your goal using the power of mind: A practical implication of the law of attraction Hamid
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
ATTRACT IT: Beyond Positive Thinking
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
The Way and the Spirit: My Journey to Becoming a Christian Spiritualist Thomas
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
The Hidden Side Of Things C.
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Wishing on a Shooting Star Journal: 150 Page Lined Notebook/Diary
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
ICH SEGNE MICH Heile dein Sein: Mit einem Vorwort von Wulfing von Rohr Karin Angela
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
How to Set & Achieve Goals E course
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Homemade Magick: The Musings & Mischief of a Do-It-Yourself Magus Lon
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆

Reviews

Sign in to write a review

Join us and get access to all
your favourite books

Sign up for free and start exploring thousands of eBooks today.

Sign up for free

Stay in touch.

© 2026 AMPLE READS