[35] Home, the Spiritualist, is giving readings in Boston. Has he given up his Spiritualism in disgust at finding that people who strained at his manifestations have swallowed the Davenports? We are glad to think he has adopted an honest profession at last, and we hope before long to see his rivals rising to sweeping a crossing or something as respectable.—London Fun, 1864.
[36] “Incidents in My Life,” London, 1863—“Lights and Shadows of Spiritualism,” 1877.
[37] It is quite unnecessary for me to repeat the many proofs of fraud perpetrated by Home, but if the reader is interested he will find many such cases reported by Mr. Frank Podmore in “Modern Spiritualism,” London, 1902, and “Newer Spiritualism,” London, 1910. Mr. Podmore was a Spiritualist himself and a member of the Society of Psychical Research and would naturally make out as good a case for Home as he could honestly.
[38] See [Appendix F].
[39] She only lived about four years.
[40] In his introduction to the 1921 edition of “D. D. Home’s Life and Work,” by Madame Home, Doyle declares that he commends the book to the student, saying:
“Very especially the second series is commended to the student of Home, because in it will be found all the papers dealing with the Home-Lyon lawsuit showing conclusively how honorable was the action of Home.”
Does he wish us to infer that it was Home who brought the suit against Mrs. Lyon, rather than the opposite?
Does he wish it understood that he is sincere in his commendation of a charlatan?
Throughout the introduction he defends Home and seems to deliberately twist the history of the man.