Chapter I: Preface: xxi

I. THE FOUNDERS OF MODERN SPIRITUALISM 1

II. THE DAVENPORT BROTHERS 17

III. DANIEL DUNGLAS HOME 38

IV. PALLADINO 50

V. ANN O’DELIA DISS DEBAR 66

VI. DR. SLADE AND HIS SPIRIT SLATES 79

VII. SLATE WRITING AND OTHER METHODS 101

VIII. SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPHY 117

IX. SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE 138

X. WHY ECTOPLASM? 166

XI. BY-PRODUCTS OF SPIRITUALISM 180

XII. INVESTIGATIONS--WISE AND OTHERWISE 191

XIII. HOW MEDIUMS OBTAIN INFORMATION 217

XIV. WHAT YOU MUST BELIEVE TO BE A SPIRITUALIST 229

XV. MAGICIANS AS DETECTORS OF FRAUD 244

XVI. CONCLUSION 266