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No. 245. (Vol. X.—No. 18.) LONDON: FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1877. Published Weekly; Price Twopence.
Contents.
Conditions Favouring Good Spiritual Manifestations,..;1... 205
Joseph Wolfif’s Visions... ... ... ... ... ...205
The Knowledge of Time in the Mesmeric Sleep. By the
Late William Gregory, F.R.S.E., Professor of Chemis¬
try at Edinburgh University 206
Materialisation Phenomena. By the Hon. J. L. O’Sullivan,
formerly American Minister at the Court of Portugal 207.
The English Bible:—The Translators Charged with Fa¬
vouring Witchcraft... ../ ... ... ... ... ...209
Experiments in Mesmerism ... ...f: ... ... 210
Mr. Gladstone on Spiritualism ... ... - ... ...; ... 211
Musical Entertainment at the Rooms of the National
Association of Spiritualists... ... ' ... 211
The Rev. Canon Gilbert on Spiritualism ... ... 211
“ Everettism ”...’ •’ ... ...• ... ...211
Original Researches in Psychology. No. Ill, By T. P.
Barkas,. F.G.S.:—^Description of a Seance—Conditions
of the Spirit World—Speech and Singing—Written
Records—True Riches—Acquisition of Knowledge-
Incredulity Everywhere—Schools apd Colleges—Avo¬
cations and Social States—The Struggle for Existence
—Matter and its Properties^-SConoluding Remarks ... 212
Poetry: — Fashionable Grief ’’for the Departed — Dress
Religion ... i ,.V ... ... 213
Correspondence:—Canon Gilbert on Spiritualism 215
The History of the Liverpool Psychological Society 216
Answers.tdCorrespondents... ... ... 216
Paragraphs: — Vivisection 209 ; Anti-Vaccination, 211;
Mr. J. J. Morse’s Appointments, 215; Spiritualism in
Liverpool, 215; The Aldershot Ghost 115
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