Chapter XXII: Appendix: A (2)

Even in Canada Sir Arthur claims to have badly used by the newspapers. In “Our American Adventure” he writes: “There were some rather bitter attacks in the Toronto papers, including the one leader in the _Evening Telegram_, which was so narrow and illiberal that I do not think the most provincial paper in Britain could have been guilty of it.

“It was to the effect that British lecturers took money out of the town, that they did not give the money’s worth, and that they should be discouraged.

“‘Poking Them in the Eye’ was the dignified title.

“It did not seem to occur to the writer that a comic opera or a bedroom comedy was equally taking the money out of the town, but that the main purpose served by lectures, whether one agreed with the subject or not, was that they kept the public in first hand touch with the great current questions of mankind. I am bound to say that no other Toronto paper sank to the depth of the _Evening Telegram_ but the general atmosphere was the least pleasant that I had met with in my American travels.”

[94] In an article in _Truth_, April, 1923, entitled “The New Revelation,” by Rev. P. J. Cormican, S. J., he asks:

“Does the knighted prophet of the New Revelation (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) tell the whole truth about Spiritism? We think not. He says nothing about the evil consequences, physical, intellectual and moral, to those who dabble in Spiritism. He gives a one-sided account of the matter. He says nothing about what Spiritism has done, and is still doing, to fill our lunatic asylums all over the world. There are over thirty thousand lunatics in England alone who lost their mind through this modern necromancy. Doyle does not even hint at the countless cases of insanity and suicide, of blasphemy and obscenity, of lying and deception, of broken homes and violated troth, all caused by Spiritism. To suppose that a God of truth and sanctity is giving a new message through such sources and with such consequences, is blasphemy pure and simple. Furthermore, to assert that this New Revelation is to supersede a worn-out creed is both gratuitous and absurd. Christianity will last till the crack of doom, when titled prophets shall have ceased to cross the Atlantic in quest of American shekels.”

[95] Mrs. Feilding is Mme. Tomchik, the Polish medium examined by Professor Ochorowiz, and is the best known medium who “levitates” things without physical contact.

[96] At no time, to my knowledge, did the search include the orifices of her body.

[97] In this trick I swallow (if one’s eyes are to be trusted) anywhere from fifty to a hundred and fifty needles and from ten to thirty yards of thread; then after a few seconds I bring up the needles all threaded. The length of thread is governed by the size of my audience. For instance, at the Hippodrome, in New York, I used one hundred and ten feet of thread and two hundred needles; at the Berlin Winter Garden one hundred feet of thread and one hundred needles. In the regular large size theatres I use about eighty feet of thread and a hundred needles but for ordinary purposes thirty-five feet of thread and seventy-five needles are sufficient.

So far this trick has never been properly explained but that does not prove that I have abnormal powers. This needle mystery has been examined by a great many physicians and surgeons and in Boston at Keith’s Theatre it was presented at a special performance to over a thousand physicians and they were unable to explain it. However, there is nothing abnormal in it. It is nothing more than a clever and natural mystification.

[98] That is, has a secret accomplice. One who does things to help along “unknown.” One who is in the “click.”

[99] After my last seance with Mlle. Eva Mr. Feilding discovered by accident that I was writing a book on the subject. He begged me not to say a word or publish anything about the seances until after the Society for Psychical Research had published a full report. Now that it has done so there is nothing to keep me from writing my experiences.

[100] The result of his investigations are published in three books: “Reality of Psychic Phenomena,” “Psychic Structures at Goligher Circle,” and “Experiments in Psychical Science.”

[101] It would be difficult to convince me that the many things photographed and described by Baron Schrenck-Notzing could be presented under rigid test conditions.

[102] Dr. Troup, Professor of Psychology; Dr. Stormer, Professor of Mathematics; Dr. Scheldrup, Professor of Physics; Dr. Monrad Krhn, Professor of Neurology; Dr. (med.) Leegaard, and Mr. John Dammann, a prominent expert of conjuring tricks.

[103] Guzek was exposed in Paris as I predicted, the exposure occurring sooner than expected.

[104] One of the greatest women born in America.--H. H.

[105] This Spirit Message is taken from Doyle’s book, “The Case for Spirit Photography,” English Edition.

[106] This and letters of Tyndall and Lewes, from “Report on Spiritualism,” by J. Burns, pp. 229, 230, 265.

[107] “Spiritism, a Popular History,” by Joseph McCabe.

[108] “Master Workers,” McCabe.

[109] Florence Cook was repeatedly exposed.

[110] The “galvanometer” is an instrument used to control the medium. It is an electric device provided with a dial and two handles, so constructed that if the medium were to let go of either handle the contact would be broken and the dial fail to register. The medium in fooling the sitter simply placed one of the handles on the bare flesh under her knee and gripping it there with her leg kept the circuit intact and left one hand free to produce “spirits.”

[111] An honest scientist does not dream that his confidence is being betrayed and that the bland innocence, the “stalling” for breath, or the almost fainting scenes are only camouflages to help mal-observation so that the medium can successfully ply her trade.

[112] The italics are mine.

[113] The reader will do well to read Tuke’s “Influence of the Mind upon the Body” (or similar work) and he will find an explanation of what grief will do to a sensitive mind.

[114] Perhaps so, but would not be accepted as evidence before any court of equity.

[115] He has personally repeated the same thing to me.

[116] Drink is no excuse for crime.

[117] The great majority of Continental safes are opened by keys and not by combination locks as in America.

[118] I firmly believe in the workings of the subconscious mind.

[119] _The Spirit Messenger_ and the _Star of Truth_ were published in 1852 by R. P. Ambler of Springfield, Mass. They were “_edited and composed by spirits_.” The Spirit of the Sixth Circle took entire charge of the _Spirit Messenger_, and not even the publisher was permitted to dictate in the least. There were elucidations by the Spirits on “Hope, Life, Truth, Initiation, Marriage Relations, Evils of Society, and Destiny of the Race.” _The Northwestern Orient_, published in 1852 by C. H. White, contained communications from John Adams, Edgar Allan Poe, John Wesley, John Whitefield, Thomas Paine, _et al._ It also contained several poems by the Spirits. Copies are on file in my library.

[120] “When William was in a trance his father tried to bring him out by slapping, pinching and other cruelty, and finally tried to pour boiling water down his back. This failing, he took a blazing ember from the hearth and placed it on the young man’s head, but William slept on, with only the scars as reminders of his parent’s deep concern for his well being and safety.”--“Eddy Brothers,” by Henry S. Olcott.

[121] I gave a pseudo seance for Sophie Irene Loeb and had two slates which were examined by the Circle and marked. I asked if the Spirits would manifest and when the slates were opened there was a message containing a code word. Miss Loeb was astounded, for the message signed by Jack London contained a word which she claimed no one in the whole world knew about. I did it by trickery but she declared that if she had not known I was a magician she would have believed readily that I had psychic powers.

[122] A man by the name of Rider, professionally known as “Kodarz,” exposed Bailey in New Zealand in 1916.

[123] Without any reservation she says she has investigated the majority of mediums and given them a hundred per cent clean bill. She writes that Eglinton actually materialized the spirit of Grimwaldi, the great clown. Eglinton was detected on four different occasions and so far as I have been able to learn, almost every medium she mentions in her books has, at some time or other, been detected and exposed.

[124] See Appendix F.

[125] Maskelyne, Kellar, and Hoffmann were all three magicians who changed their minds.

[126] Any prepared gambling device or game, like electrically controlled steel dice; roulette; pointer and arrow revolving artifice; prepared cards, either marked, concave or convex cut, which gives the dealer the advantage at all times. Brace games include everything from a put and take to the changing of a black bag on the top of an innocent looking chiffonier. The games, while appearing to be governed by the law of chance, are secretly controlled by the gambler, or his confederate, in so subtle a manner that it is impossible for the poor dupe, who wagers on the result, to detect it.

[127] Known as fishing.

[128] _Society for Psychical Research Proceedings_, Vol. XIV, pp. 380, 381.

[129] “Second sight” was presented by Pinetti, the celebrated Italian magician, at the Haymarket Theatre, London, England, Dec. 1, 1784.

[130] A girl named Shireen is holding a similar seance to-day and is able to hit a bulls-eye with a rifle.

[131] A full detailed account of the clever work done by Professor Lewis will be found in _Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research_, Vol IV, pp. 338–352.

INDEX

Academy of Music, New York, 11.

“Ackroyd, Jack,” 124.

Adams, John, 229.

Adare, Lord, 47, 48, 273, 274.

Albert, Prince, 240.

Albus, Remigius, 94.

“Alexander, Herr,” 249.

Alexis, 253.

_Amazing Seance and an Exposure_, 233.

Ambler, R. P., 229.

American Expeditionary Force, 182.

American Magicians, Society of, 259, 260.

_American_, New York, 148, 237.

American Red Cross, 188.

American Society for Psychical Research, 58.

Andrews, 231.

“Apport Medium,” 238.

_Arabian Nights, The_, 35.

Ava, Vera, 78.

Bacon, 229.

Baggally, Worthy W., 52, 63.

Baggley, 169.

Bailey, Charles, 238.

Baldwin, S. S., 107.

Bamberg, David, 259.

Bamberg, Theodore, 259.

Barlow, Mr., 126.

Barnum, Phineas Taylor, 118.

Barrett, Oliver R., 145.

Barton, Clara, 188.

Basch, Ernst, 263.

Beadnell, Capt. C. Marsh, 176.

_Behind the Scenes with Mediums_, 79.

Belachini, 33, 248, 249.

“Bengal Tiger,” 19.

“Benicia Boy,” 19.

Bennett, G. W., 200.

Benoval, 254.

Berol, William, 269.

Berry, Catherine, 232.

Bewitched Table, The, 263.

“Bible Sellers,” 222.

_Bible, Truth a Companion to_, 188.

Bird, J. Malcolm, 159, 160.

Bishop, Washington Irving, 43.

Bisson, Juliette, 166, 167, 168, 170, 171, 172, 173.

Blavatsky, Mme., 49.

“Blind Tom,” 256.

Bloomfield, Marie, 181.

Bonaparte, Napoleon, 12.
_See also_ Napoleon.

_Borderland_, 64.

Boston Athletic Association, 187.

_Bottom Facts_, 87.

_Bottom Writing_, 79.

Boucicault, Dion, 34, 35.

Brady, William A., 60.

Brewster, Sir David, 42.

British College of Psychic Science, 127, 211.

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 2.

Browning, R. Barrett, 41, 42.

Bryant, William Cullen, 42.

Buguet, 120, 121.

Burns, J., 198, 201.

Burns, Mrs., 231.

Burr, Mr., 181.

Burton, Richard Francis, 35.

Bury, Lord, 34.

Bush, Edward, 124.

Buxton, Mrs., 123, 124, 131, 132, 133.

“Cabinet and rope mystery, Davenport,” 21.

Cagliostro, 66, 96.

Carriere, Eva, 166.

Carrington, Hereward, 52, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 159, 160, 263.

Carte, d-Oyley, 240.

Carter, Capt. R. K., 89, 90.

_Case for Spirit Photography, The_, 197.

Catholic Church, 5, 10.

Challis, Professor, 51.

_Chemical News_, 199.

Chiaia, Professor, 51.

Cicero, 72.

Circle of Conjurors in London, 164.

“Circle, rules of,” 267.

Coleman, Arthur, 241.

Clark, Earl L., 181.

Clarke, Bishop, 42.

Cleveland, President, 12.

Cockrell, Senator, 4, 71.

Colby, Luther, 76.

Colley, Archdeacon, 261.

Collins, James, 133, 134.

Columbine, St. Catherine of, 234.

“Common Clay,” 256.

_Communication_, 233, 234.

Comstock, Ph.D., Daniel Fisk, 159.

Conference to the Psychological Studies at Paris, 34.

“Confession,” Margaret Kane’s, 15.

Conjurers, Circle of, 164.

Cook, Florence, 184, 203, 204, 241.

Cook, Professor Harry, 183, 205.

Cormican, S.J., Rev. P. J., 164.

Corner, Mrs., 204.

Cornyn, John, 182.

County Medical Society, 182.

Crawford, Lord, 273.

Crawford, Dr. W. J., 173, 174, 175, 215.

Crewe, 123, 129.

Crewe Circle, 197.

Croisdale, Miss, 77.

Cromwell, Oliver, 232.

Crookes, Sir William, 46, 47, 183, 199, 200, 202, 203, 205, 266.

Cropsey, James, 224.

Cross, Judge, 76.

Cumberland, Stuart, 26, 144, 147, 149.

Curry, Dr., 189.

_Daily Express_, London, 147.

_Daily Sketch_, 143.

_Daily Telegraph_, London, 178.

_Daily Tribune_, Chicago, 78.

d’Albe, E. E. Fournier, 166, 174, 175, 216.

Dammann, John, 177.

“Dark seances,” 25.

Darling, Justice, 144.

Davenport Brothers, The, 17–37, 148, 161, 249, 257.

Davenport, Ira Erastus, 17–37, 148, 162, 235, 258.

Davenport, Mrs., second, 18.

Davenport, Ruben Briggs, 14, 271.

Davenport, William Henry Harrison, 17–37.

Davis, Andrew Jackson, 117.

Davis, W. S., 11, 16, 54, 56, 57, 59, 60.

De Angelus, Jefferson, 224.

Dean, Hope, 141.

Deland, Margaret, 206.

Demis, Dr., 172.

Dessenon, M., 121.

Devant, 213.

De Vega, 129.

“Dexterity, physical,” 20.

Dialectical Society, 160, 200, 201, 202.

Dickens, Charles, 19, 229.

Didier, Alexis, 250, 251, 254, 255.

Dimension, Fourth, 238.

Dingwall, Eric, 63, 168, 169, 170, 171.

Diss Debar, Ann O’Delia, 39, 66, 69–78, 276.

Diss Debar, General, 69, 71.

Donkin, Sir Horatio, 80, 81, 82.

Donohue, Ex-Judge, 71.

Donovan, D. C., 32.

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan, 7, 40, 46, 48, 59, 83, 117, 124, 126, 133,
138–165, 202, 205, 207, 209, 210, 233, 236, 237, 238, 258, 266,
267, 268, 270, 273, 275, 277–280.

Doyle, Charles A., 139.

“Doyle, Dicky,” 139.

Doyle, John, 139.

Doyle, Kingsley, 237, 238.

Doyle, Lady, 139, 147, 150, 152, 157, 158, 160, 161, 233, 278, 279.

Dumas, Alexander, 19.

Dunraven, Lord, 273.

Ectoplasm, 166–179.

Eddy Brothers, 233, 234.

Eddy, Horatio, 233, 234.

Eddy, Mary, 234.

Eddy, Warren, 234.

Eddy, Webster, 233, 234.

Eddy, William, 233.

Edmonds, Judge John W., 42, 118, 242, 277.

_Edwin Drood, Mystery of_, 229.

Ellington, William, 241, 260–263.

Encyclopedia, Larousse’s, 252.

Ernest, B. M. L., 245.

Eva, Mlle., 167, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 176, 178.

_Evening Mail_, New York, 208.

_Evening News_, London, 236.

_Evening Telegram_, New York, 164.

_Evening World_, New York, 181.

_Evidences of Spiritualism_, 32.

Evils of society, 229.

Expeditionary Force, American, 182.

_Experiments in Psychical Science_, 173.

_Exposure, Amazing Seance and an_, 233.

_Express_, Denver, 277, 278, 279.

“Fair play, English,” 29.

_Fallacies of Spiritualism, The_, 188.

Fay, Annie Eva, 204, 212, 215.

Fay, William M., 18, 23, 27, 34.

Fechner, 83.

Feilding, Hon. Everard, 52, 53, 63, 166, 169, 170, 171, 173.

Feilding, Mrs., 166.

Fellows, District Attorney, 71.

Ferguson, J. B., 26, 28, 31, 148.

First Society of Spiritualists, 16.

Fish, Mrs., 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9.
_See also_ Underhill, Mrs.

Fox, John D., 1.

Fox, Kate, 1–16.

Fox, Margaret, 1–16, 271.
_See also_ Kane, Margaret Fox.

“Fox Sisters, The,” 1–16, 38, 39, 110, 141, 203.

France, Emperor and Empress of, 43.
_See also_ Napoleon.

Franklin, Sir John, 4.

Fraud, spiritualism a, 10;
magicians as detectors of, 244.

Fullerton, Geo. S., 83.

_Fun_, London, 41.

Funk, Dr., 11.

Funk, Isaac K., 275.

Furness, Horace Howard, 84, 195.

Gardner, Dr., 117.

Garfield, President, 187.

General Assembly of Spiritualists, 156.

Gilchrist, J. B., 131.

Glenconner, Lady, 124, 144.

Goligher Circle, 173, 174, 175, 176, 216.

Goligher, Kathleen, 173, 175, 176, 178.

Gow, David, 177.

Greeley, Horace, 3.

Grossman, George, 144.

“Guardian angel,” 237.

Guiteau, Charles J., 187.

Gullots, Vincenzo, 236.

Guppy, Mrs., 230, 232, 240.

Guzek, Jean, 178.

Hackney Spiritualistic Society, 125.

Hall, Atlanta, 269.

Hamilton, Duke of, 19, 35, 36.

“Handcuff King,” 211.

Handcuff trick, 258.

Hare, Professor, 51, 239.

Harris, Mrs., 232.

Harrison, Will, 12, 120.

Haselmeyer, 263.

Hauffe, Madame, 234.

Hayes, Father, 241.

Hazard, Thomas R., 194.

Heenan, John C., 19.

Heinberger, Alexander, 249.

Henderson, 149.

Heredia, Father de, 114.

Hermann, Alexander, 71, 248.

Herne, 81, 230, 231.

_Herald_, New York, 180.

Hertz, Carl, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77.

Heuze, Paul, 172, 178.

Hicks, Leonard, 145.

Hilton, Judge, 71.

Hirons, Mabelle, 188.

Hodgson, Dr. Richard, 52.

Hoffmann, 244, 252, 258.

Home, Daniel Dunglas, 38–49, 59, 67, 80, 202, 203, 242, 273, 274, 275.

_Home’s, D. D., Life and Work_, 46.

Hooker, Dr. Samuel C., 246.

Hope, William, 123, 124, 129, 130, 131, 132.

Houdin, Madame Robert, 255, 278.

Houdin, Robert, 33, 36, 249, 251–255, 257, 258.

“Houdin, Unmasking of Robert,” 252.

Houdini, 20, 21, 74, 82, 94, 139, 140, 143, 146, 149, 150, 151, 155,
156, 158–160, 167, 168, 174, 176, 211–214, 246, 263, 279, 280.

Howard, Joseph, 71.

Howe, Mr., 76.

Hubbell, Dr. J. B., 188.

Hughes, John, 29.

Hughes, Rupert, 58.

“Human clamp,” 57.

Human nature, 122.

Humbuggery, spiritualistic, 12.

Humbugs of the world, 118.

Hunt, 139.

Huxley, Professor, 198, 199.

Huyler, Mrs., 276.

Huylers, The, 275.

Hyslop, 133.

Inaudi, 257.

_Incidents of My Life_, 41.

_Infelicity_, 19.

_Influence of the Mind upon the Body_, 208.

Information, how mediums obtain, 217.

Initiation, 229.

Intercourse, spirit, 211.

International Psychical Association, 145.

Investigations--Wise and Otherwise, 191–216.

Irving, Edward, 234.

Irving, Sir Henry, 30, 271.

Jackson, Laura, 77.

Jacobs, E., 33, 34.

Jacoby, 34.

Jaeger, Oscar, 177.

“Jar of Honey,” 139.

Jastrow, Professor, 58.

Johnson, Mrs., 238.

Johnson, Sam, 87.

Jourman, Maître, 172.

Judgment, Sanhedrim of, 164.

Kane, Dr. Elisha Kent, 3, 9.

Kane, Margaret Fox, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 16.

Karcher, Juliet, 160.

Keating, Frederick, 160.

Kellar, Dean, 21, 28, 136.

Kellar, Harry, 84, 85, 86, 87, 195, 223, 224, 225, 244, 247, 262,
263, 266.

Kellogg, James L., 54, 55, 56, 57, 58.

_Key to Theosophy_, 49.

Kidder, 26.

King, John, 232.

King, Kate, 143, 184, 203, 235.

“Kluge Hans,” 260.

Kluski, P. Frank, 178.

Knapp, Gardiner, 79.

Kodarz, 238.

Krhn, Dr. Monrad, 177.

Krotel, Asst. District Attorney, 142.

“Lady Wildmere’s Fan,” 256.

Landsfeldt, Countess, 68, 70.

Lankester, Sir, 80, 81, 82.

Laurillard, Edward, 144.

Lawrence, “Dr.,” 71.

Leadbeater, C. W., 238.

Leegaard, Dr., 177.

Lehrmann, Granville, 160.

Leroy, Jean A., 264.

Lescurboura, 160.

Levitation, table, 54–57, 71.
_See also_ Table lifting.

Lewes, George Henry, 198, 199.

Lewis, Professor H. Carvill, 261, 262.

Leymaire, M., 120.

_Life_, 229.

_Light_, 203, 204, 261, 262.

_Lights and Shadows of Spiritualism_, 41.

Lincoln, Abraham, 12.

Littlefield, Walter, 63.

Liverpool riot, 28.

Livingston, 55.

Lodge, Raymond, 206.

Lodge, Sir Oliver, 51, 145, 147, 205, 206, 207, 208, 266.

Loeb, Sophie Irene, 237.

“Loftus Troupe,” 224.

Lombroso, Professor, 51.

London Dialectical Society, 198.

London, Jack, 229, 237.

_London Magazine_, 238.

London Psychical College, 166.

Lord, Jennie, 234.

Louis I of Bavaria, 67.

Loyola, 234.

Lunn, Sir Henry, 144.

Lyon, Daniel Home, 45.

Lyon, Jane, 44, 45, 46.

Lytton, Sir E. Bulwer, 42.

Magicians’ Club, 264.

Magicians, Society of American, 210, 259.

Manning, Husband, 145.

Mare, Mlle., 172.

Marsault, Maître, 172.

Marsh, Luther R., 275.

Martinka, Francis J., 263, 264.

“Masked Lady,” 144, 149.

Maskelyne, John Nevil, 80, 81, 204, 213, 244.

Mass, Jim, 224, 225.

_Master Workers_, 204.

Marriage relations, 229.

Marryat, Captain, 239.

Marryat, Florence, 239.

Marsh, Luther R., 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 76.

Martin, Alexander, 133, 134, 135.

Martineau, Harriet, 2.

McCabe, Joseph, 51, 203, 204, 232, 273, 275.

_McClure’s Magazine_, 61.

McCormick, Cyrus, 145.

McCormick, Muriel, 145.

McDougall, Dr. William, 159.

McKenzie, J. Hewat, 127, 166, 211, 212, 214, 215.

M----, Mrs., 183.

“Medium and Daybreak,” 79, 201, 202, 230, 231, 232.

Medium in the mask, the, 144.

Mediums, how they obtain information, 217–228.

_Memoirs of a Magician_, 252.

Menken, Adah Isaacs, 19.

Messant, Mrs., 69, 70.

Miller, Professor Dickinson S., 54, 55, 58.

Mitchell, C. R., 125.

“_Mite, The Widow’s_,” 11, 275.

_Modern Spiritualism_, 41, 79, 120.

Monck, Dr., 232.

Montez, Lola, 67, 76.

Moreland, Beatrice, 256.

_Morning Post_, London, 144, 149.

Morritt, Charles, 259.

Moses, Rev. Stainton, 120, 122.

Mosley, Sidney A., 144, 233.

Mumler, Wm. H., 117, 118, 119, 120, 122, 136.

Munchausen, Baron, 229.

“Murphy’s button,” 144.

Myers, F. W. H., 64.

Mystery, Torture Cell, 167.

_Mystery of Edwin Drood_, 229.

Napoleon I, 242, 243.

National Spiritualists Association, 182.

“Neck, the tie around the,” 22.

Neilson, Adelaide, 276.

Newcombe, Lawyer, 71.

_Newcomes, The_, 139.

_Newer Spiritualism_, 41.

“New Revelation, The,” 164, 207.

Newton, Mr., 16.

New York Press Club Fund, 71.

New York State Assembly of Spiritualists, 180.

Neyland, Miss, 230.

Nichols, Thomas L., 26.

Nicol, Catherine, 142.

Nielson, Ejner, 177, 178.

Northwestern Orient, 229.

Occult Committee of the Magic Circle, 126.

Ochorowiz, Professor, 166.

O’Connor, Billy, 264.

Olcott, Col. Henry S., 234, 235, 236.

Orion, Madame, 226.

_Other World_, 236.

_Our American Adventures_, 7, 141, 163, 164.

“Ouija board,” 189, 190.

Owen, Robert, 42, 51, 160.

Oxenford, John, 19.

Paine, Thomas, 229.

Palladino, Eusapia, 50–65, 141, 142, 192, 233, 264.

Papal opposition, 51.

“Paradise,” 237.

Parker, Commodore, 3.

Patterson, S. E., 194.

Patterson, Sarah, 182.

Pecoraro, Nino, 159.

Penylan, Wallace, 233.

Philip of Neri, St., 234.

Phillipi, Mons., 43.

Phillips, Watts, 19.

“Philosophy, preternatural,” 31.

Photographers of England, Crewe, 123, 136.

Photographic memory, 257.

_Photography, Case for Spirit_, 197.

Photography, spirit, 117–137.

Pierce, President, 269.

Piéron, Professor, 178.

Pinetti, 254.

Pitcher, Orville, 232.

Podmore, Frank, 41, 79, 120, 121.

Poe, Edgar Allan, 229.

“Poking Them in the Eye,” 163.

_Politikon_, 177.

Polk, President, 249.

Portal, Cochet M., 172.

Portal, Mme., 172.

_Popular Mechanics_, 145.

_Post_, London, 25.

Powell, Ellis, 155.

Powell, Evan, 238.

Powell, Frederick E., 88, 93, 155, 158.

Powers, “occult,” 2.

Powles, John, 185.

“Preternatural philosophy,” 31.

Price, Harry, 128.

Prince, Ph.D., Walter Franklin, 159, 160.

_Psychic Phenomena, Reality of_, 173.

Psychic Science, British College of, 211.

Psychical Association, International, 145.

Psychical College, London, 116.

Psychical Research, Society of, 41, 52, 53, 124, 163, 168, 173, 177,
196, 252, 258, 261.

Psychical Science, Experiments in, 173.

Psychological Studies, Conference to the, 34.

_Punch_, 139.

Pyne, Warner C., 54, 57.

Race, destiny of the, 229.

“Rappings,” 2.

Rasputin, 43.

Reade, Charles, 19.

Red Cross, American, 188.

“Revelation, The New,” 164, 202.

_Revelations of a Spirit Medium_, 79.

_Revue Spirits_, 33, 120.

Rhys, M., 36.

Richet, Professor, 51.

Richmond, Dr. C. M., 12.

Rickards, Harry, 18.

Rinn, Joseph F., 54, 57, 61, 145.

Robin, Henri, 33.

Robinson, William E., 79.

Rope-tie, Davenport, 18, 20–24.

Rope tricks, 17–37, 114, 258.

Rosenthal, Baroness, 68, 70, 78.

Rosner, 248.

Rule, Margaret, 234.

Russia, Czar of, 43, 99, 243.

Rymer, Bendigo, 40.

Rymer, J. S., 40.

Salomen, Editha, 67, 68, 70.

Sanhedrim of Judgment, 164.

Sargent, John W., 54, 58, 65, 269.

Savonarola, 234.

Scheibner, 83.

Scheldrup, Dr., 177.

_Scientific American_, 158, 160.

_Scientific American_ staff, 159.

Schofield, Dr. A. T., 143.

Scott, Edgar, 57.

“Second Sight,” 254, 259.

“Second sight artists,” 259.

Sedgwick, Professor, 51.

Seeing in the dark, 257, 258.

Sellers, Coleman, 85.

Seybert Commission, 9, 83–84, 86, 94, 193, 194, 195, 197, 262.

Seybert, Henry, 193, 194.

Seymour, Mr., 128.

Shakespeare, 229.

Shireen, 254.

Siebert, Frau, 178.

“Sir ----,” 226.

Sixth Circle, Spirit of, 229.

Slade confession, 95, 99.

Slade, Dr. Henry, 30, 79, 80, 101, 195, 196, 260, 262.

Slate writing, 79, 84, 101, 260.

Society, evils of, 229.

Society for the Study of Supernormal Pictures, 126.

Society of American Magicians, 54, 88, 210.

Society of Spiritualists, 2.

Sothern, Edward A., 30.

_Sphinx, The_, 264, 265.

“Spirit, disembodied,” 2, 6.

“Spirit extras,” 122, 124, 126, 127, 128, 129, 132, 133.

Spirit intercourse, 211.

Spirit manifestations, 1.

Spirit photography, 117–137.

_Spirit Messenger_, 229.

Spirit states, 79.

Spirit world, 2.

Spiritual Athenæum, The, 44.

Spiritual children, 271.

Spiritual Institution, 231.

_Spiritual Magazine_, 200.

_Spiritualism_, 51, 203, 232, 242.

Spiritualism, by-products of, 180.

_Spiritualism, Fallacies of_, 188.

_Spiritualism, Report on_, 198.

_Spiritualism, Researches in_, 184.

_Spiritualism, The Death Blow to_, 14, 271.

Spiritualism, the founders of, 1–16.

“Spiritualistic Humbugs,” 118.

Spiritualist Society, 130.

_Spiritualist, The_, 33.

_Spiritualist, Wanderings of a_, 238.

Spiritualist, what you must believe to be a, 229.

Spiritualists, General Assembly of, 156, 180.

Stamislaski, S. D., 178.

Stamislawa, 178.

Stange, Prof. Frederick, 177.

_Star_, London, 124.

_Star of Truth_, 229.

Stead, 145, 146, 239, 267.

Stewart, Alvin, 276.

Stewart, Jessie K., 159.

Stokes, Edward S., 71.

Stormer, Dr., 177.

St. Paul, 76.

Stuart, Anna, 239.

Subconscious mind, 223.

_Sun_, New York, 77, 78, 156, 157.

“Sunset,” Alvin Stewart, 276.
_See also_ Stewart, Alvin.

Swinburne, 19.

“Swindle,” Fox, 16.

Table levitation, 50, 54, 57, 71.

_Telegraph_, London, 172.

Telepathists, 258.

Telepathy, 259.

_Telepathy, Genuine and Fraudulent_, 52.

_That Other World_, 43.

_Theocrat, The_, 187.

“Theocratic Unity,” 77.

Theosophical Society, 238.

_There Is No Death_, 185, 239.

Thomas Brothers, 147, 148.

Thompson, Mrs., 178, 215.

Thompsons, the, 144, 145, 146, 150.

Thomson, Clarence, 145.

Thornton, Jeanette, 279.

Thurs, Bergen Vigelius, 181.

Tiedemann, Dr. Heinrich, 95, 99.

_Times_, London, 42, 77, 242.

_Times_, New York, 60, 61, 73, 76, 160, 172, 182.

_Times-Picayune_, New Orleans, 145.

_Times_, Washington, D. C., 181.

Tomchik, Mme., 166.

Tomson, Elizabeth Allen, 159.

Torture Cell Mystery, 167.

_Transcendental Physics_, 80.

_Tribune_, Oakland, 149.

“Tricks, all mediums indulge in,” 63.

Trollope, T. A., 42.

Troup, Dr., 177.

Truesdell, John W., 87, 88.

_Truth_, 125, 164, 229.

_Truth a Companion to the Bible, The_, 188.

Tuttle, Hudson, 95, 99.

Twain, Mark, 229.

Tyndall, Professor John, 198, 199, 200.

Underhill, Mrs., 7, 8, 9.

_Unmasking of Robert Houdin, The_, 252, 257.

Valentine, 159, 160.

Van Buren, President, 277.

Vearncombe, Mr., 123, 126, 127.

Verdier, M., 172.

Varley, Cromwell, 200.

Von Schrenk-Notzing, Baron, 174, 179.

Walker, William, 160, 196, 197.

Wallace, Mr., 199.

_Wanderings of a Spiritualist, The_, 40.

Weber, Professor, 51, 83.

_Weekly Dispatch_, 273.

Weiss, Remigius, 94, 99, 100.

Wertheimer, Mr., 95, 98.

Wesley, John, 229.

Whipple, Sydney B., 278, 279.

White, C. H., 229.

White, Eliza, 235.

Whitefield, John, 229.

_Widow’s Mite and Other Psychic Phenomena_, 11, 275.

Wilde, Oscar, 229, 256.

Wilhelm, I., Kaiser, 248, 249.

Williams, 81, 230, 231, 232, 241.

Wilmann, Karl, 248.

Wilson, M.D., A. M., 265.

Windsor, H. H., 145.

_World_, New York, 5, 11, 12, 13, 77, 182, 236.

“World, Ten Super-women of the,” 19.

Worrell, Richard I., 160.

Wynn, Rev. Walter, 125.

Wynne, 273.

Young, Harry F., 140.

Young, Mrs., 235.

Zancig, Jules, 210.

Zancig, Mrs., 212.

Zancigs, the, 258.

Zollner, Professor, 51, 80, 82, 83, 196.

Transcriber’s Notes

Punctuation, hyphenation, and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in the original book; otherwise they were not changed.

Simple typographical errors were corrected; unbalanced quotation marks were remedied when the change was obvious, and otherwise left unbalanced.

Illustrations in this eBook have been positioned between paragraphs and outside quotations. In versions of this eBook that support hyperlinks, the page references in the List of Illustrations lead to the corresponding illustrations.

The index was not checked for proper alphabetization or correct page references. Discrepancies between spellings in the Index and on referenced pages were resolved in favor of the latter.

Text refers to “Tomson” and “Thomson”, and has both in the Index.

Transcriber removed redundant book title preceding page 1 and redundant “Index” heading just before the Index.

Footnotes, originally at the bottoms of pages, have been resequenced, collected, and moved to precede the Index.

The book refers twice to Dr. Monrad Krhn, but the correct spelling is “Krohn”.

Page 11: “Expecting” may be a misprint for “Excepting”.

Page 27: “all South of Central America” was printed that way, but in the image of the actual letter that is shown in the book, it is “all South and Central America”.

Footnote 59, originally the third footnote on page 71: “attaches” was printed that way, not as “attachés”.