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]

INTRODUCTION