CONTENTS
| Page | ||
| Preface | [v] | |
| Introduction | [xiii] | |
| Chapter | ||
| [I.] | On Certain Unknown Natural Forces | [1] |
| [II.] | My First Séances In The Allen Kardec Group, And With The Mediums Of That Epoch | [24] |
| [III.] | My Experiments With Eusapia Paladino | [63] |
| [IV.] | Other Séances With Eusapia Paladino | [135] |
| [V.] | Frauds, Tricks, Deceptions, Impostures, Feats Of Legerdemain, Mystifications, Impediments | [194] |
| [VI.] | The Experiments Of Count De Gasparin | [229] |
| [VII.] | The Researches Of Professor Thury | [266] |
| [VIII.] | The Experiments Of The Dialectical Society Of London | [289] |
| [IX.] | The Experiments Of Sir William Crookes | [306] |
| [X.] | Sundry Experiments And Observations | [352] |
| [XI.] | My General Inquiry Respecting Observations Of Unexplained Phenomena | [376] |
| [XII.] | Explanatory Hypotheses—Theories And Doctrines—Conclusions Of The Author | [406] |
| Index | [455] | |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| Plate I. Complete Levitation of a Table in Professor Flammarion's Salon through Mediumship of Eusapia Paladino | Facing page | [8] | |
| Plate II. House of Zoroastre of Jupiter from Somnambulistic Drawing by Victorien Sardou | After page | [26] | |
| Plate III. Animals' Quarters. House of Zoroastre of Jupiter from Somnambulistic Drawing by Victorien Sardou | After page | [26] | |
| Figure 1. The Inclination of the System of Uranus | Page | [54] | |
| Figure 1a. Orbits of Satellites of Uranus as Seen from the Earth | Page | [56] | |
| Plate IV. Plaster Cast of Imprint Made in Putty without Contact by the Medium Eusapia Paladino | After page | [76] | |
| Plate V. Eusapia Paladino, Showing Resemblance to the Imprint in Putty | After page | [76] | |
| Plate VI. Photographs Taken by M. G. de Fontenay of an Experiment in Table Levitation | Facing page | [82] | |
| Plate VII. Plaster Casts of Impressions in Clay Produced by an Unknown Force | Facing page | [138] | |
| Plate VIII. Drawing from Photograph, Showing Method of Control by Professors Lombroso and Richet of Eusapia. Table Completely Raised | Facing page | [154] | |
| Plate IX. Photographs of Levitation of Table Accompanying Colonel De Rochas' Report | Facing page | [174] | |
| Plate X. Scales Used in Professor Flammarion's Experiments | Facing page | [200] | |
| Plate XI. Method Used by Eusapia to Surreptitiously Free her Hand | Facing page | [206] | |
| Plate XII. Cage of Copper Wire, Electrically Charged, Used by Professor Crookes in the Home Accordion Experiment | Facing page | [308] | |
| Figure 3. Board and Scale Experiment of Sir William Crookes | Page | [312] | |
| Figures 4 and 5. Instruments Used in Scale Experiment by Sir William Crookes | Page | [317] | |
| Figure 6. Glass Vessel Used by Home | Page | [318] | |
| Figure 7. Automatically Registered Chart of Unknown Force Generated by Mr. Home | Page | [320] | |
| Figures 8, 9, 10. Charts from Sir William Crookes Instruments Used in Experiments with Mr. Home | Page | [321] | |
| Figures 11 and 12. Third Instrument Devised by Sir William Crookes for Recording Automatically the Unknown Force Generated by Home | Page | [322] | |
| Figure 13. Charts Made by Third Instrument | Page | [323] | |
| Figures 14 and 15. Charts Made by Third Instrument | Page | [324] | |
| Plate XIII. Instantaneous Photograph Taken by M. de Fontenay of Table Levitation Produced by the Medium Auguste Politi | Facing page | [368] |