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No. 318.—(VOL. XIIL—No. 13.) LONDON: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1878. Published Weekly; Price Twopence.
Contents.
How a “ Dead Girl" returned to Earth, and Lived again
for Three Months:—The Vennum Family of Watseka
—The Mediumship of Miss Vennum—The Spiritual
Theory Practically Applied to the Treatment of Sup¬
posed Insanity—The Life History of Mary BofC—The
Clairvoyance of Mary Boff—The Betum to Earth of a
Bisen Spirit •» 145
Professor Zhllner’s Experiments with Dr. Slade 148
The Ghost of a Dog. By the Baroness Adelma von Vay
(Countess Wurmhrand) 150
Spiritualism in Paris 151
Messrs. Williams and Bita at Amsterdam 153
Correspondence:—What is the Good of Spiritualism? ... 154
Foreign Notes 155
Opening of the New Spiritualistic Hall in Liverpool 156
The Oneida Community 156
Paragraphs:—Spirit Drapery, 152 ; Horace Greeley on
Spiritual Phenomena, 155 ; Unfounded Pretensions,
155 ; Demons according to Spiritism 156
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