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AMBERLEY, LORD, on spiritual phenomena and the character of mediums, 146

Animal magnetism, 61

Animals terrified by disturbances and apparitions, 239

Antiquity of man, evidence of, long denied or ignored, 18

Apparitions, evidence of the reality of, 71; date of a War Office certificate shown to be erroneous by, 74; at the "Old Kent Manor House," 76; are they objective, 231; seen by more than one person together, 235; objectivity indicated by their space relations, 237; effects of, on animals, 239; physical effects produced by, 244; can be photographed, 247; objectivity of, does not imply materiality, 253; what are they, and why do they appear? 255; telepathic theory of, 255; often indicate the happiness of the dead, 267; foretelling events, 271; giving a warning, 272; probable explanation of doubles and phantasms, 274

Atkinson, H. G., clairvoyant experiment with Adolphe Didier, 68

Aymar, Jaques, discovery of a murderer by, 58

BARING GOULD on Jaques Aymar, 59, 60 Barter, General, sees phantasmal pony and rider, 241

Bealings Bells, 218, 246

Beattie, Mr. John, his experiments in spirit-photography, 200, 249

Bell-ringing, cases of mysterious, 246

Bertha, Sister, sees a phantasm of Miss Gambier Parry twelve hours after her death, 268

Bray, Charles, testimony to clairvoyance, 112; his theory of a "thought atmosphere" unintelligible, 113

Brewster, Sir David, his account of his sitting with Mr. Home, 165

Bulldog trembles with terror at phantasmal noises, 240

Burton, Captain, testimony as to the Davenport Brothers, 100

CARPENTER, Dr., misstatement by, 34; criticism on Mr. Rutter, 58; omission of facts opposed to his views in his "Mental Physiology," 70; on Faraday's explanation of table-turning, 279; invited by the author to witness phenomena, 279; ''unconscious cerebration" misapplied, 280.

Challis, Professor, on the conclusiveness of the testimony, 101

Chambers, Dr. Robert, experiment by, 163; extract from letter of, 186 (note)

Chesterfield, mysterious bell-ringing near, 247

Cideville, disturbances at, legally attested, 79

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Clairvoyance, tests of, 62, 63

Clark, Dr. T. Edwards, on a medical case of clairvoyance, 69

Converts from the ranks of Spiritualism never made, 183

Cook, Miss Florence, tested by Mr. Varley and Mr. Crookes (in note), 187

Cox, Sergeant, on trance-speaking, 208

Criticism on the Fortnightly article replied to, 282

Crookes, Mr., his investigation of the phenomena, 102, 181; his recent declarations, 103; his treatment by the press, 181; on materialisations through Miss Cook, 188 (note); photographs a spirit-form, 251; his treatment by the Secretaries of the Royal Society, 280

Crowell, Dr. Eugene, on a curious physical phenomenon, 245; his explanation of doubles, 274

Curtis, Miss R. F., prevision in a dream of accident to a friend, 272

D—family, apparition seen by, 237

Davenport Brothers, tested by Sir R. Burton, 100; by Dr. Sexton, 177

Dean, Rev. Dr. R., a witness of cures by Valentine Greatrak, 41

Decline of belief in the supernatural due to a natural law, 23 (note)

Deity, the popular and spiritualistic notions of, compared, 123

De Morgan, Professor, on spiritual phenomena, 83 Mrs., on table-moving with a purpose, 86

Dialectical Committee, investigation by, 184

Diseases cured by Valentine Greatark, 41

Disturbances, unexplained, before rise of modern Spiritualism, 218; for twenty years in clergyman's house, 236

Divining rod, 58

Dogs frightened during the disturbances at Tedworth, 241; at Epworth parsonage, 241

Door opening in a haunted house, 245, 246

Doubles supposed to be due to telepathy, 255

Dunphy, Mr., versus Lord Amberley, 147

EDINBURGH REVIEW'S criticism on Young, 18

Edmonds, Judge, investigation by, 87-90; his character, 172; his mode of investigation, 173; his daughter speaking in languages unknown to her, 176

Elliotson, Dr., his treatment by the medical profession, ix.; a convert to spiritualism, 99

Experiments and tests by the author, 127-144

F. G., of Boston, Mass., sees veridical phantasm of his sister, 269

Fire test, 166

Flammarion, M. Camille, evidence of, 185

Fortnightly Review on the disturbances at the residence of the Wesley family, 80

Fox, Miss Kate, the earliest medium, 153; tested by committees, 154; by Dr. Robert Chambers and Mr. R. D. Owen, 163; stances with Mr. Livermore, 163

Fryer, Mr., hears a phantasmal voice, 257

Future life, proof of the great use of modern Spiritualism, 220; the spiritual theory of, not a product of the medium's own mind, 225

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GARLING, Mr., sees an apparition of a dying friend, 237

Glanvil, character of, 24; extracts from, 25, 241

Greatrak, Valentine, cures by, 41

Gregory, Dr. William, on clairvoyance, 61; criticism of, 64

Gully, Dr., on the Cornhill article and Mr. Home, 94

Guppy, Mrs., her career as a medium, 168; production of flowers, 170; experiments in spirit-photography, 194

Gwynne, Dr. and Mrs., see an apparition extinguish a night-light, 245

HADDOCK, Dr. Joseph, account of discovery of stolen property by a clairvoyant, 66

Hall, S. C., his conversion from scepticism, 96; undergoes the fire test, 166

Mrs. S. C., on a dog frightened by phantasms, 243

Hardinge, Mrs. Emma, quotations from her addresses,^17, 119

Hare, Professor Robert, experiments and tests by, 90

Harrison, Mr., photographs a spirit- form, 251

Harry, Mr. J., and family see an apparition, 235

Hauntings often indicate a mode of punishment of crime, 276

Historical teachings of Spiritualism, 212

Home, Mr. Daniel D. , experience of Sir David Brewster with, 165; the fire test, 166; experience of Sergeant Cox with, 167; exposed to twenty years of scrutiny, 168

Houdin, Robert, opinion of Alexis the clairvoyant, 67

Howitt, William, on healing at the tomb of the Abbe" Paris, 11; testimony as to an accordion suspended in the air, 95

Hume, David, on miracles, 3; definition of a miracle, 4; arguments against miracles, 6, 12; self-contradictions, 8

Huxley, Professor, on the uninteresting nature of the phenomena, 221

ILLUSTBATIVE extracts, 283

Imagination, effects of, 41

Invisible intelligent beings, existence of, around us not impossible, 43; their action on matter not an "invasion of the law of nature," 48

JACQUES AYMAR, remarkable powers of, 58

Jamblicus on divination, remarkable correspondence with modern spiritualistic phenomena, 283

Joy, Mr. Algernon, curious case of his double, 257

KEENER, Dr. Justinus, on a dog's dread of an apparition, 242

Kerr, Rev. William, M.A., testimony to phenomena occurring in private, 97

Keulemans, Mr. J. G., sees in Paris the phantasm of his son at time of death in London, 268

LANG, Mr. Andrew, on absence of growth of legend in the case of Jeanne d'Arc, 23 (footnote)

Law of continuity applicable to Spiritualism, 108

Lecky, assertions about miracles, 20; fallacies in his arguments, 21; account of Glanvil, 24; on growth of opinion as to incredibility of miracles, 37

Lee, Dr. Edwin, on experiments with Alexis Didier, the clairvoyant, 67

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Lodge, Professor Oliver J., observations of mental and physical phenomena, 103

Lyndhurst, Lord Chancellor, belief in the spiritual phenomena, 99

Levitation, examples of, 7, 8

Lewes, Mr. G. H., views of, as to identical hallucinations criticised, 203 (note)

MACKENZIE, Robert, appears after death to his employer to defend his character, 265

Mapes, Professor, inquiries into Spiritualism, 155

Mayo, Dr. Herbert, F.R.S., on clairvoyance, 64; on phreno-mesmerisrn, 65

Medical men, evidence of, for facts deemed incredible, 20

Mediums, career of remarkable, 162

Menneer, Mrs., sees a dream-apparition of her brother who was killed at Sarawak, 263

Mental phenomena, summary of, 206

Mesmerism, personal experiences of, 127; supposed to explain Spiritualism, 130

Miracle, definitions of, 4, 37; at tomb of Abb^ Paris, 9; modern objections to, 14; illogical conceptions of, 46

Miracles, are they a survival of savage thought, 27

Mirville, Marquis de, a witness of the mysterious disturbances at Cideville, 80

Montgeron, evidence of miracles at tomb of Abbe" Paris, 11

Moor, Major, on mysterious bell- ringings, 218, 246 Moral teachings of Spiritualism, 115, 220

Morgan, Mr. F., of Bristol, has a curiously indirect warning, 258

Morrison, Mrs., prevision of death by a voice, 271

Moses, William Stainton, a remarkable medium, 102

Mountford, Rev. \V., apparition of horse and carriage seen by himself and others, 238

Mumler's spirit-photographs, 248

Murderer discovered by occult power, 58

Musical phenomenon with Miss Nichol, ]70

Muller, George, account of his life and dependence on prayer, 216

Myers, Mr., on the experiences of W. Stainton-Moses, 102

NEWNHAM, Rev. P., and Mrs., receive communications from supposed second self of Mrs. N., 260

OLD KENT MANOR HOUSE, apparitions seen in, 7(5 Oracles not all impostures, 213 Owen, Robert Dale, on supernatural phenomena occurring unsought, 71; case *f apparition seen by two persons at once, 72; date of a War Office certificate shown to be erroneous by means of an apparition, 74; the Old Kent Manor House, 76; judicial record of disturbances at Cideville, 79; testimony as to spirit-forms, 190 (note)

PERSONAL evidence, 126; first experience in table-turning, 132; with Mrs. Marshall, 135

Photographs, a conclusive test, 188; conditions of a satisfactory test, 191; Mrs. Guppy's remarkable spirit-photograph, 194; likenesses recognised by Mr. Howitt, 196; by Dr. Thompson, 196; by the author, 196 (note); Mr. Slater's experiments, 197; Dr. R. Wil-

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Hams' experiments, 197; Mr. John Beattie's experiments, 200, 250

Physical effects produced by apparitions, 244

Physical phenomena, summary of,205

Psychical Research Society, its valuable work, 232 Practical utility of Spiritualism, objections replied to, 281 Prayer, efficacy of, 21

QUARTERLY REVIEW on Spiritualism, 149

RAMHURST MANOR HOUSE, apparitions seen in, 76

Reichenbach, Baron von, his experiments derided, but since confirmed, xi.; his observations on magnets and crystals, 54; his witnesses, 55; review of his work, 56

Rivers, Lieut., R. N. , on mysterious bell-ringing in Greenwich Hospital, 246

Robertson, Dr. J. Lockhart, tests the phenomena and accepts them as facts, 161

Rutter on the magnetoscope, 57

SCEPTICS, investigations by, 177

Scientific men, denial of facts by, 17; their mode of dealing with the subject, 149; refusal to investigate, 279

Second or subliminal self, e ormous difficulties of theory of, 262

Severn, Mr. and Mrs., community of sensation at a distance, 257

Senior, Nassau William, on mesmerism, and his belief in spiritual phenomena, 96

Sexton, Dr. George, his mode of conversion, 177

Sherbroke, Sir John, and General George Wynyard, see the apparition of Wynyard's brother, 72

Slater, Mr. Thomas, his experiments in spirit-photography, 190, 250

Socrates rehabilitated by Spiritualism, 212

Spirit-hypothesis not unscientific, xv.

Spirit-photographs proved to be realities, xiv.; not necessarily photographs of spirits, 192

Spiritualism, uncertainty of the alleged phenomena of, 16; scientific testimony demanded, 17; periodicals devoted to, 50; recent testimony to the facts of, 101; the theory of, 107; moral teachings of, 115; what it has done, 124; personal experiences, 131; New Quarterly Magazine on, 148; Quarterly Review on, 149; historical sketch of, 152; phenomena of, 156; nature of the belief in, 159; no recantations in, 161; evidence of the facts of, 162; summary of phenomena, 205; phenomena repeatedly confirmed, 210; historical teachings of, 212; moral teachings of, 220; a science of human nature, 221; practical results of, 282

Stone-throwing, remarkable case of, in Paris, 284

Stainton-Moses, Mr., a remarkable medium, 102; his double appears, 256; dreams truly the details of a funeral at a distance, 266

Stigmata first denied to be a fact, now admitted, xi.

Storie, Mrs., dreams of accident to her brother, 264

Supernatural phenomena so-called, works relating to, 34; authors who vouch for the facts, 35

Suspicion, action of, illustrated, 283

Sympathy of feeling, 127

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TESTIMONY of modern men of science, 101

Thackeray on phenomena witnessed in New York, 98

Thomson, Dr., his experiments in spirit-photography, 249

Trance-mediums, after stringent investigation, declared not to be impostors, xii.

Triviality of the phenomena often apparent rather than real, 110

Trollope, T. Adolphus, evidence of, 93; as to the possibility of its being conjuring, 168; as to the production of flowers, 171

Tylor, Mr. E. B., on miracles as a "survival of savage thought," 27; his mesmeric theory of spiritual phenomena answered, 125

Tyndall, Professor, definition of a miracle by, 37; on Spiritualism, 150; reply to, by Mr. Patrick Fraser Alexander, 151; declines investigation of the facts, 279

USES of Spiritualism, 124

WAMBKY, Rev. 0. C., hears a phantom voice, 270

War Office certificate of death corrected by apparition, 74

Weld, Mr. W., and his daughter, see apparition of his son, 266

Wesley family and the mysterious disturbances at Epworth, 80

Whately, Archbishop, an inquirer into Spiritualism, 99

Wheatcroft, Mrs., sees apparition of her husband at time of his death in India, 74

Wilbraham, the Hon. Colonel, testimony to the genuineness of the phenomena occurring with Mr. Home, 95

Williams, Dr. R., his experiments in spirit-photography, 200

Willis, Dr. F. L. H., remarkable experience with a musical medium, 283

Witchcraft, evidence for, 26; phenomena analogous to those of modern Spiritualism, 215 (note)

YORKSHIRE vicar saved by a warning voice, 272

ZOLLNER, Professor J. C. F., remarkable test by, 104; remarkable experiments of, 105

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