Sheppard Lee, Written by Himself, by Robert Montgomery Bird

“So, you’ve been looking for an early 19th-century novel about metempsychosis? Look no further. Robert Montgomery Bird’s Sheppard Lee, Written by Himself is back in print. What? You are not an ardent follower of tales of the metempsychotic? Let me explain. Metempsychosis is the transference of the soul or spirit from one body to another after death. Sounds like the kind of story Edgar Allan Poe might write. In fact, Poe himself reviewed Bird’s novel when it was first published in 1836.” Read the review at the Philadelphia Inquirer.