Note 17 — V.—CHARMS, SPELLS, AMULETS AND DIVINATIONS.
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Louis Napoleon in his will emphasizes the solemn declaration: “With regard to my son, let him keep as a talisman the seal I used to wear attached to my watch.” This piece of fetishism would appear to have formed yet another link between the imperial exile that has passed from our midst, and those Latin races whose cause he affected to represent, whose superstition he certainly shared.—Chambers’ Journal. ↑