LITMIR.BIZ

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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Table of Contents

       PREFACE

       ILLUSTRATIONS

       THE CASE FOR SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPHY

       CHAPTER I THE CREWE CIRCLE

       CHAPTER II SOME PERSONAL EXPERIENCES

       CHAPTER III EVIDENTIAL TESTS AND THEIR RESULTS

       CHAPTER IV AN EXAMINATION OF MR. HOPE AND HIS CRITICS

       CHAPTER V FURTHER DIFFICULTIES CONSIDERED

       CHAPTER VI THE ATTACK ON MRS. DEANE AND MR. VEARNCOMBE

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       CHAPTER VII THE GENESIS AND HISTORY OF THE CREWE CIRCLE

       CHAPTER VIII EVIDENTIAL AND SCIENTIFIC ASPECTS OF PSYCHIC PHOTOGRAPHY

       CHAPTER IX CONCLUSIVE PROOF FROM MANY SOURCES

       The Evidence of GEORGE H. LETHEM, ESQ., JUSTICE OF THE PEACE FOR THE COUNTY OF THE CITY OF GLASGOW

       The Evidence of W. G. MITCHELL, ESQ., OF DARLINGTON

       An Account by J. WILLIAMS, ESQ., PHOTOGRAPHIC SPECIALIST, OF THE PORTLAND STUDIO, RHYL

       The Testimony of JOSEPH HIGGINBOTTOM, ESQ., VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE SHEFFIELD AND DISTRICT SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH

       Proof from MRS. E. PICKUP, OF 40, WATERLOO ROAD, BURNLEY, LANCS.

       From MRS. RISKER, LATE OF DARLASTON

       An Expression of Opinion from LADY GREY OF FALLODEN

       The Evidence of H. BLACKWELL, ESQ., A VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE S.S.S.P.

       The Testimony of W. C. PUGH, ESQ., OF MIDDLESBROUGH

       An Account by MRS. MARGARET ELLINOR

       From SAMUEL MADDOCKS, ESQ., HON. SECRETARY OF THE SHEFFIELD AND DISTRICT SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH

       The Testimony of JAS. P. SKELTON, ESQ., OF BELFAST

       From MISS ESTELLE STEAD

       The Evidence of MRS. ELLEN JONES, OF KEMPSTON

       From THE REV. G. VALE OWEN

       The Testimony of F. J. TWELVES, ESQ., OF MANCHESTER

       The Testimony of ALDERMAN W. WHITEFIELD, J.P., OF BRISTOL

       An Account of MRS. D. HARTWELL, OF NORTHAMPTON

       An Account by MRS. R. FOULDS, OF SHEFFIELD

       From C. DOVE, ESQ., OF SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD

       The Evidence of MRS. A. ELIZABETH GRIERE, OF DUNFERMLINE

       The Evidence of E. W. LEE, ESQ., OF SHANKLIN, ISLE OF WIGHT

       The Evidence of R. S. HIPWOOD, ESQ., OF SUNDERLAND

       From LEWIS CHILDS, ESQ., OF SHEFFIELD

       An Account by MRS. A. A. PEARS, OF COVENTRY

PREFACE

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      The publicity given to the recent attacks on Psychic Photography has been out of all proportion to their scientific value as evidence. When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle returned to Great Britain, after his successful tour in America, the controversy was in full swing. With characteristic promptitude he immediately decided to meet these negative attacks by a positive counter-attack, and this volume is the outcome of that decision.

      We have used the term “Spirit Photography” on the title-page as being the popular name by which these phenomena are known. This does not imply that either Sir Arthur or I imagine that everything supernormal must be of spirit origin. There is, undoubtedly, a broad borderland where these photographic effects may be produced from forces contained within ourselves. This merges into those higher phenomena of which many cases are here described. Those desiring fuller information on this subject are referred to “Photographing the Invisible,” by James Coates.

      It was only when editing the matter for these pages that I fully

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