The Spiritualist newspaper > No.264, September 14th 1877

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No. 264. (Yol. XL—No. 11.) LONDON: FKIDAY, SEPTEMBEK 14, 1877. Published Weekly; Price Twopence.
contents*
Mesmerism, and Hints for Beginners. By Captain John
James ... | ;.J :.. 121
The Secret of Secularism. By J. T. Markley ... 123
Notes from Lake George 124
Spiritualism in Brighton ... j ... ... .•... 124
Employment for'Women ... ... ...125
Interference with Liberty of Opinion ... 125
What Chang Wau Ho Says ... ... 125
Slate-Writing Phenomena under Test Conditions 126
The Late Robert Dale Owen... ... ... 1... 126
The Death of Thomas de Qhincey ... ... ... ... 126
New Books ... ... ....... ... ... 127
Mediums Tested by Egotistical Physicists ...127
PoetryA Wish ... 128
Correspondence:—Astrology, “Prospero’s Prediction in
the Pall Mall Gazette—Spirit Identity—Idealism and
Materialism—An Alleged Ex-Medium who has Seen
the Error of his Ways—Materialisation of Spirit
Heads, No. 11—The Real Identity of Spirits—The
Parliamentary Lunacy Law Committee—Spiritualism
tn Birmingham ... ... ... 128
Automatic Writing and Spirit-Rapping in the Seventeeth
Century ... 131
“ The Oracle ” (Poetry) ... 132
Paragraphs:—The Last Illness of One of the Davenport
Brothers, 124; A Seance at Dalston, 125 ; Authority
in Religion, 126 ; The Work of the Spirit-World, 126 ;
Trying his own Specific, 126; The National Associa¬
tion of Spiritualists, 127; Speculation and Straps, 127;
The Fiji Islanders’ Belief, 131; Contradictory Spirit
Messages, 131; Temptation, 131; Spirit Music near a
Dying Woman... ... ' 131
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