" Old Mooi-e," under whose name almanacs and prophecies have been appearing regularly for generations, was not a charlatan.i His name was Henry Andrews. He was a bookseller of London, and, according to an old year-book, his prophecies were as much : laughed at by himself as by the Worshipful Company of Stationers,for .whom he manufactured them, in order to render Moore's almanac saleable among . the ignorant, in whose eyes a lucky hit covered a multitude of blunders." Andrews ' "had a very extraordinary genius for astronomy and was greatly esteemed for his integrity and modesty by every scientific man who : was personally 'acquainted with him.'* '':'' " ,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13497, 25 May 1907, Page 5 (Supplement)
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103Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13497, 25 May 1907, Page 5 (Supplement)
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