[18] Intelligence, Vol. I., preface, p. 16, edition of 1897. The first edition was published in 1868.
[19] All those who occupy themselves with these questions are acquainted, among other cases, with that of Felida (studied by Dr. Azam). In the story of this young girl she is shown as endowed with two distinct personalities to such an extent that, in the second state, she becomes amorous ... and enceinte, without knowing anything about it in her normal condition. These states of double personalities have been methodically observed for thirty years.
[20] Psychological Automatism, p. 401-402.
[21] See [Pl. IV. and V.] I preserve with care a plaster cast of this imprint.
[22] A. de Rochas, The Externalization of Motivity, fourth edition, 1906, p. 406.
[23] The reports of the sittings at Montfort-l'Amaury form the subject of a remarkable work by M. Guillaume de Fontenay, Apropos of Eusapia Paladino, one vol., 8vo. illustrated, Paris, 1898.
[24] The respective places of the persons were not always those of the photographs. Thus, at the time of the production of the imprint, M. G. de Fontenay was at the right of Eusapia, and M. Blech at the same end of the table.
[25] In the following sitting, of November 12, M. Antoniadi writes (with an excellent corroborative sketch): "Phenomenon observed with absolute certainty; the violin was thrown upon the table, twenty inches above the head of Eusapia."
[26] This is absolutely true, says my son, who is reading over these lines.
[27] During the correction of the proofs of these sheets (Oct., 1906), I received from Dr. Gustave Le Bon the following note: