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Contents.
The Philosophy of certain Phenomena connected with
Writing Mediuxnship 277
Spontaneous Psychological Phenomena. By Eliza Boucher 277
Philosophical German Spiritualists .. 278
The Philosophy of Death. By Professor William Denton 279
Mediumship ,. .. .. 281
The Kentish Prophet Elijah .. 281
William Lloyd Garrison. By E. Louisa Thompson Nos-
worthy 282
Is Spiritualism a Science or a Religion ? By P. Clavairoz
(Leon Favre) .. .. .. .. 283
Letter from the Victorian Association of Spiritualists to
Henry Slade 284
Religious Mania .. .. .. .. .. 285
Inspiration versus Constitutions 286
Spiritualism at Cambridge University 286
Spiritual Phenomena in Nova Scotia .. .. 286
Correspondence—A Floral Display, 287; Roman Catholics,
287 j What is a Spiritualist .. .. 287
Lively Students .. 287
British Museum Lectures 288
Answers to Correspondents 288
Paragraphs—Marriage, 278; Abnormal Calculating Powers,
281; Death of Dr. Horace Binney Hare, 281; Captain
James on Mesmerism, 283; Suspended Animation,
284 j The Value of Verified Psychical Phenomena, 285;
The Core of Dr. Slade .. .. 287
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