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Contents.
Unproved Speculations... ... ... ... 97
British National Association of Spiritualists :—Seances
for Inquirers ... ... ... ... 97
Theosophists on their Defence. By “ M.A., Oxon.” 98
Writing Mediumship in relation to Spirit Identity. By
Emily Kislingbury, Secretary to the British National
Association of Spiritualists... ... 99
Attempts to Make a Dog Believe in Ghosts 101-
Dr. Slade’s Seances with the Grand Duke Constantine ... 102
Private Seances !. ... 102
The Views of the Theosophists. By Desmond G. Fitz¬
Gerald, M.S.Tel.E 102
Astrology - - .n 102
The Psychological Society ... 103
A Warping of Danger. By E. Louisa S. Nosworthy 108
Poetry:—Hymn. A Vision of the Life Eternal. ByJ. T.
Markley :.. 104
Correspondence: —Physical Manifestations—Two Critics
of Theosophy—What Truth is there in Astrology?—
Mr. Charles Blackburn’s Experiences with Materiali¬
sation Mediums—Materialisation Manifestations—
Will-Power .„ ' ... ... 104
Remarkable Materialisation Phenomena:—Mrs. Picker¬
ing's Mediumship ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 107
Haunted Houses. By Henry G. Atkinson, F.G.S., Author
of Letters to Miss Martineau 108
An Early English Seance. By Joseph Rhodes Buchanan,
M.D .... ... 108
Answers to Correspondents _ 108
Paragraphs:—Flexible Features to Spirit Forms, 97 ; Re¬
ception to Mr. J. J. Morse at Derby, 102 ; Mr. Lawrence
Oliphant 103
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