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Contents.
The Life of Ransom. By James A. Campbell 289.
Medhimship .. 291
The Physical Condition of Miss Fancher, the Clairvoyante 292
The Shakers.. ., .., .. .. .. 293
Curious Coincidences.. .. .. .. .. 293
A Form-Manifestation in the Fifteenth Century. By
Epes Sargent 294
William Lloyd Garrison .. ...... 294
A Prophetic Vision 294
Ancient and Mediaeval Divination. By S. E. De Morgan 295
A Great Hoax about Trances in Animals.. .. .. .. 296
Synchronous Hallucinations .. .. .. 297
Poetry—The Spirits’ Return, 298 ; The Close of a Useful
life .. .. 298
Correspondence—Spirit Identity, 298 ; Hospital Libraries,
298; The Authorship of Shakespeare’s Plays, 298 ;
Visitors to a Reading-room, 298 ; Organization
among Spiritualists, 298 ; Prophetic Dreams .. .. 299
Answers to Correspondents .. .. ... 300
Paragraphs—Spirit Photographs in Court 295
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