Spiritual Vampirism, The History of Etherial Softdown, and Her Friends of the &quote;New Light&quote;

Excerpt: "“The author, being a resident of New York during the period of the leading incidents narrated as occurring in that city, had formed the acquaintance of the principal personage. Himself a Southerner, he had, from the natural affinities of origin, inevitably been attracted toward Carter. The intercourse between them, at first reserved, had imperceptibly warmed into a degree of intimacy, wh...