Foreword
This concise treatise about fortune telling consists of selections from a wide variety of documents, most of them primary sources, many of them hitherto unpublished unless otherwise noted, we have rendered them into English ourself. They are written by men close to fortune telling; often by eyewitnesses; frequently by active participants.
We have the temerity to believe that this essay can be used as a supplementary reader in high schools and colleges. However, it has been put together primarily for the enjoyment of those who are curious about what fortune telling is all about.…
