``A brother learns the death of his young sister by a terrible nightmare.
``A young girl sees beforehand, in a dream, the man whom she will marry.
``A mother sees her child lying in a road, covered with blood.
``A lady goes, in a dream, to visit her husband on a distant steamer, and her husband really receives this visit, which is seen by a third person.
``A magnetized lady sees and describes the interior of the body of her dying mother; what she said is confirmed by the autopsy.
``A gentleman sees, in a dream, a lady whom he knows arriving at night in a railroad station, her journey having been undertaken suddenly.
``A magistrate sees three years in advance the commission of a crime, down to its smallest details.
``Several persons report that they have seen towns and landscapes before they ever visited them, and have seen themselves in situations in which they found themselves long after.
``A mother hears her daughter announce her intended marriage six months before it has been thought of.
``Frequent cases of death are foretold with precision.