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No. 327. (Vol. XIII.—No. 22.) LONDON : FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1878. Published Weekly; Price Twopence.
Contents.
Spiritualism and the Royal Society... * ...253
Prince Bismarck’s Opposition to Modern Materialism. By
Christian Reimers 253
The Tower of Turvil. (Poetry,) 254
Society in 1878. By J. T. Markley, Author of Stray
Thoughts on Many Themes 256
The Same Mystery Throughout. By Henry G. Atkinson,
F.G.S., Author of Letters to Miss Martineau 257
Captain Burton on Spiritualism 258
The Divining Rod. By M. F. Claivaroz (Leon Favre),
Consul-General of France at Trieste ... .... 258
Spiritual Phenomena in India 258
On the Phenomena of Somnambulism. By W. H. Coffin... 259
Henry Slade in Australia 260
Poetry:—Modest Worth ' ... ... 261
Correspondence:—Test Seances with Mr. Williams—The
Visible and the Invisible—The Unpublished Minutes
of Committees—Mediums and Mediumship—Spirit
Drapery 261
Statement of Accounts of the National Association of
Spiritualists 263
Changes in the National Association of Spiritualists 263
A Seance with Mrs. Hayden. By Captain John James ... 264
Answers to Correspondents 264
Paragraphs:—Cabinet Seances, 253 ; Religion versus Ma¬
terialism, 254; A Ghost Story, 255; A Remarkable
Dream, 257 ; Spiritualism in Leicester, 258; Richard
Oosway’s Clairvoyance, 260; Healing Mediumship,
262 ; A Young Artist, 262 ; The Dangers of Hurry ... 268
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