Author: ELLIS (John):
Title: A Reply to "The Academy's" Review of "The Wine Question in the Light of the New Dispensation."
Description: New York: Published by the Author, 1883. 8vo, pp. [ii], 270, original cloth, cover blocked in gilt; very slight wear to extremities, spine faded, but a very good copy. Dr. Ellis (1815 - 1896) doesn't think wine is good for you, nutritionally or spiritually. A note on the verso states that the author has not copyrighted the work, and anyone who is willing to print 1000 copies can have the plates free. A copy will also be sent free "to any reader of and believer in the doctrines revealed by the Lord in the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg...." No further editions seem to have been published.

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