The Power of Mesmerism: A Highly Erotic Narrative of Voluptuous Facts and Fancies is a Victorian erotica novel published anonymously. The story follows Frank Etheridge, a man with certain powers that give him the ability to control others. His exploits are some of the more titillating of the Victorian era. This novel is very graphic, even by todays standards. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.