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The 'Williams-Rita Case 229
The British National Association of Spiritualists:—Meet-
' of the Council 230
Captain R. F. Burton ... 232
Poetry:—The Touchstone—Beautiful Things 232
Correspondence :—Soul-Ideas among the Ancient Egyp¬
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Rita Case 232
A Dream of a Dead Face. (Poetry.) ... 233
The Claims of Psychology to a Place in the Circle of the
Sciences. By Edward W. Cox, Serjeant-at-Law, Pre¬
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The Position of the British Association and the An¬
thropological Institute in relation to Psychology—The
Province of Psychology—Life and Mind—Psychology
and Materialism—Psychological Phenomena—The
Objects and Name of the Psychological Society—The
Attractiveness of the Study of Psychology ... 234
The Divining Rod ... ... ... 239
Form Manifestations in the Light of Recent Events. By
W. Stainton Moses, M.A 239
Is Clairvoyance a Form of Mediumship 1 240
Answers to Correspondents 240
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