New-York tribune., 1879-03-15
THE MAGIC RECIPROCALs.
MR. FRANKENsTEIN FREES HIS MIND ABOUT A
snip OF TELEGRAPH OPERATOR, AND Ex-

Mr. FRANKENsTEIN FREES HIS MIND ABOUT
SNIP OF A TELEGRAPH OPERATOR AND Ex-
HIBIrs THE coLoR-GLow IN LITERATURE.
% tAe Edttor Of The Tribune.
SIR: Whenever your professional or amateur
,bf has committed theft o. than Ordinary audac-
iy he sneaks dens Of obscurty where he NAV hue
from the officers Of the law who will be on the LOOKOUT
for him. p,agarst. however, sueaks behind the 'oop
holes Of the statutes and seeks TO cover up the ll
morality ard dastardy meanness Of his crime by plead
ing IN exteuuatlon that the law does not prohlD' MIN
from stealing, or attempting TO steal another uAn .
right 10 the property that man has originated
mt into visible form aud made valuable TO mahnu '
the uusttuted expenditure OF money, IaoOt' Hie !
This latter Is the course taken by the spontaneous
artist evoluted in a few months, time from 'he
Grht.nncered genus ordinary telegraph OPERATOR
Else why has he his confederate TAKEN 80 mucn
mains to learn just what copyrights Gustavus fFanKen
stein holds by virtue OF hc laws of his country maze
AID providedf
The Magic Reciprocas are Incompatible in Seauty,
urapproachabe in execution, and the " color glow "
counterfeit dcspicabe debauchery OF those exquisite
hrure I'm their typical character exponents OF the
nurifv grace and symmetry Of the natural, or maine
patica Law Of RuciprocatOn. And this ordinary tee
graph OPERATOR with neither brain, capacity nor educ-
non above tops of tle telegraph key, being sumu
lated by confederate to initiate the Magic Re
ciprocals dares publish the gross ana unvaf'
pjshed libel tnat Mr. Gustavus Frankenstein dd not
draw with his own hand the first Of the mathematical
theories what learned way Of putting ID sent TO
New-York nor did he claim TO-"
Was there ever more braIen-faced and shameless
falsehood than th TIE Editor will hut to have refer
ence made to the flies of THE TRIBUNE for April OF May
OF 1876 a1d he will see how efectually the editorial
reference of that date VIII have already branded THIS
base but " ordinary telegraph operator as "ium
and uubushiug peTjurer. long before the Spirits OF
his confederate either ever thought OF mahluG MIN
medium under the cognomen Of &" wonderful young
artist"
Lest your reSlers might IN their sympatLes be per
suaded the "colOr-glOw" " plagarist was too rudeiy
treated considering the tenderness OF his youth II VIII
be as well to that is said TO be about tnr
years Of age while his confidential adviser and confed
crate supposed to be about ftydve-the two making
an average which ought certainly or at least under ord
nary cIrcumstances to insure fair degree OF dscre-
ton As 10 Gustayus Fraukenstein's most admirable
and resplendent magic reciprocal drawings and nVen
tonthe fame whereof has long since extended to the
uermost limits OF the civilized world-do they require
further eulOCy from in this community, where nave
proclaimed their powers Of revelation. exhibited them
IN their surpassiug oveliness. explained the method
o. their construction, Their relation 10 haluia
phenomenal and even heir Application 10 may
pc and where any day thousand witnesses cou.d DC
FOUND fully competent to testify 10 theh Hhquest,ni,o
and unquestiouabe originality and to the honorable
Identity OF their authorship -
one word more Of The author Of the Magic Recprocas
Cu,tavus Frankrnsteiu. He Is man without guile.
From his earliest blyhOOd to tins day ma hematc- mas
h4.u hs love IL has Deen his life. Twenty five years
ago in his twcutyfOUrth year. he mastered the Diner
eIta Calculus il ten days study-a feat performed bY
no other man history so lar as Know Tie was al Ul
t,ne m New YORK, and in CucmDAl; and lie Incl
dentay mentions the fact IN one OF his letters to me-
which had forgotten were IL existence but Wmch
found three or four mouths ago as l was
oyerhauung great lot of letters ana pa
ucrs the accumulation OF years. These letters Will
Some tine be published intact, IN biography
os heir writer In ms fifteenth year be made an excel
lent telescope; his sixteenth, various mathematical
and philosophical instruments. And though lie Las
from time 10 time relaxed for year or 80 from the
Intensity Of his mathematical Investigations thlt LeVer
ceased 10 be mAsterkey. For than year ana
n naf past Gustavus Frankensteln has been In the
bahamas During this time lie has been unrcmittlngy
occuped IN what might Justly be called herculean men
raj labor directed manly 10 the further development
time have devoted all my energies here IN cooperating
with him 10 end Nor the time lar dui as
I trust, when shall be able TO snow the
results Of .hese abOrs; which while we were quietly
lat earnestly pursuing, stcalthy crrpt out OF the
h. . of ifs o6scurv and planting It's detcS'abe little
divine III intellect actually imagined Itself TO be al en-
Ly! -,
Aud sit rot known 10 many that Gustavus Frank
crS.elu Las tolcd fOr years IL the search lOI IN"
frltus OF Nature, without recOmleuse or nope
o. Teward-i4ke many martyr Oi sclruce But on
l.ndedkuee in spirit thank th- Great Orator Of the
river.e that be has rewarded For God has unto
Inn. cOuhded = revelation which viii prove 10 De- the
most potential agent made clear 10 Iulnan under
standing. cause man 10 turn 10 righteousness hldl
10 hirn is snip OF telegraph opcrao or with MS
uttty little counterfeit cUlOr--lOW switch him Oh
Rrspectfulry, Gro. J.. FEANKLhsIklN.
29s Broadpcay Eetc-Tork, March 6, 1879.