[208] The chief sources of information as to D. D. Home's life and experiences are the following works:—
Incidents in my Life, by D. D. Home (1st edition, London, 1863; 2nd edition, 1864; second series, 1872).
D. D. Home: His Life and Mission, by Madame Dunglas Home (London, 1888).
The Gift of D. D. Home, by Madame Dunglas Home (London, 1890).
Report on Spiritualism of the Committee of the London Dialectical Society (London, 1871). This contains the evidence of the Master of Lindsay,—now Earl of Crawford and Balcarres,—and others.
Experiences in Spiritualism with Mr. D. D. Home, by Viscount Adare (now Lord Dunraven; privately printed).
Researches in the Phenomena of Spiritualism, by William Crookes, F.R.S. Reprinted from the Quarterly Journal of Science (London, 1874).
Notes of Séances with D. D. Home, by William Crookes, F.R.S. (Proceedings S.P.R., vol. vi. p. 98.)
See also a review by Professor Barrett and the present writer of Madame Home's first book, D. D. Home: His Life and Mission, in the Journal S.P.R., vol. iv. pp. 101-136; a briefer review of her second book, The Gift of D. D. Home, in the Journal S.P.R., vol. iv. p. 249; and a note on "The Character of D. D. Home" in the Journal S.P.R., vol. vi. p. 176; also an article by Mr. Hamilton Aidé, "Was I hypnotised?" in the Nineteenth Century for April 1890.
[209] See Proceedings S.P.R., vol. vi. pp. 436-659; vol. viii. pp. 1-167; vol. xiii. pp. 284-582; vol. xiv. pp. 6-78; vol. xv. pp. 16-52; vol. xvi. pp. 1-649.